Weekly Update
February 24, 2023
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2023 MANS Public Policy Day - March 23, 2023 | |
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Join MANS and your nonpublic school colleagues from across the state for the 2023 MANS Public Policy Day on March, 23, 2023. This annual Public Policy Day is your opportunity to connect with your legislators about the issues that impact nonpublic schools. You can influence the legislative process while demonstrating the collective impact of nonpublic schools. If we don’t speak for nonpublic school students, who will?
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What Your Colleagues Say about Public Policy Day:
- "Public Policy day helps us to know the changes we need to implement."
- "This is a great opportunity to engage in civic responsibility. We need to be more engaged with our representatives. We need to be noticed."
- "I enjoy coming every year. It's a nice break from the day to day. Plus, it is crucial that we keep in touch with Lansing and stay informed about what is happening in Lansing that has to do with nonpublic schools."
- "Really enjoyed my first MANS policy day. I will definitely be participating in future years, too!"
- "It is a great way to stay connected to MANS, other Admin, and stay up to date on current issues."
Not available to attend? Please share this invitation with Board members, Associate Principals, Teachers, Parents - anyone who is available to attend is welcome!
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Agenda
8:00 AM | Registration, Networking, and Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Sessions
11:30 AM | Floating Lunch
11:30 AM - 3:00 PM | Legislative Visits
Click here for the detailed agenda.
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MANS High School Webinar Series | |
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Invite your secondary teaching, administrative, and counseling staff to the Michigan Association of Non-public Schools (MANS) high school webinar series. This special series will focus on issues and resources important for supporting high school students.
March 1, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.: Equipping Students and Families for Post-secondary Success with Jeneen Y. Hatoum, Director, High School Innovation at MCAN
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March 14, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.: The Framework for Building a Student Talent Pipeline Work-Based Learning Program with Fred Lumpkin, CEO and Co-Founder at Work for Tomorrow. | |
April 12 at 1:00 p.m.: ChatGPT and its Impacts on Education with Justin Bruno, Assistant Director of District Programming at Michigan Virtual | |
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MANS recognizes excellence in education within member schools with several awards. In 2023, there will be two awards given at the Administrators' Conference at Shanty Creek Resort.
Fr. John B. Zwers Award - this award recognizes Pastors and leaders from MANS constituencies for their support and involvement with faith-based schools. The criteria for this award is a person who has a strong history of support for faith-based schools; is able to articulate the importance of faith-based schools; has ongoing connections to their school community, its parents, teachers, and students; and has demonstrated support for your work in leading the school community.
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Sr. Dorita Wotiska Faith-filled Administrator Award - This award recognizes an administrator(s) who demonstrates the very best in faith-based education and is recognized as servant leaders in their buildings and in the broader education field. Administrators may be nominated by pastors, superintendents, and other school administrators. | |
2022-23 MANS SCECH Program | |
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MANS is pleased to be your SCECH sponsor. Please look here for weekly tips as the school year will be over before we know it!
Tip for Educators: Work with your school administrators on independently acquired PD. If your school is participating in the MANS yearlong SCECH processing program, this PD can be tracked along with school offered PD. Then, at the end of the school year, apply just one time for all PD earned this year!
Please contact Shelley Long at slong@m-a-n-s.org if you need emails resent, links to your Google folder, or have any questions.
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State and Federal Updates | |
School Safety Funding Opportunities | |
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Pursuant to Public Act 93 of 2022, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) announces the re-opening of two previous grant opportunities, Section 97c for school safety assessments and 97d for critical incident mapping, due to remaining limited funds from the first round. Additional requests will be granted to eligible applicants on a first-come, first-served basis.
Those that received allocations in the first round are not eligible. If you have any questions about whether your school is scheduled to receive a first round allocation please contact Mary Teachout at teachoutm@michigan.gov. Allocations are scheduled to go to nonpublic schools properly registered in the SIGMA system in early March.
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Equitable Services Ombudsman | |
The Department of Education has posted an Education Consultant 11-P13 position (3103-22-019), Office of Educational Supports, on the State of Michigan posting site. This permanent intermittent (hours may vary) position is located in Lansing and is open to internal employees and outside applicants. To apply and/or view the position description, click on the link below. | |
Professional Learning Opportunities | |
Understanding and Supporting Gifted Learners Module | |
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