If the program you are interested in attending is offering State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs) please be aware that participants must attend the entire program, including arriving on time and remaining for the duration of the session. Failure to comply with program requirements, including attendance, will result in disallowance of SCECHs.
- Jun
01This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 6:30pmLooking for ways to use educational technology with your students or staff effectively? The MADE Blended Learning Series of virtual courses is a great place to start and is FREE to Macomb County educators. The 24-25 Series consists of four self-paced courses, and participants may choose to complete any or all of them. These virtual courses can be taken anytime and anywhere using Schoology and will be accessible from August 28, 2024 to August 10, 2025. Coursework support will be provided by the MISD IT Consultants and MADE Instructors. Participants successfully completing the coursework for any course will be eligible to submit an application for SCECHs.
- Jun
01This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 6:30pmParticipants will have 14 months to complete four self-paced online courses and four digital artifacts to support their blended learning growth. Courses open June 1, 2024 and close August, 2025. Start anytime and work at your own pace, however, to get the most out of this year's networking opportunities, please register by August 15, 2024. In addition to coursework support from the MISD IT Consultants and MADE Instructors, participants will have opportunities to network with fellow educators during four after-school sessions (dates listed below). This program is FREE.
- Aug
14This event is scheduled for 3:00pm to - 3:30pmAre you a technical administrator for MI School Data? Do you create accounts or support users? Join us for the Back-to-School 60-minute session on Wednesday, August 14, 2024 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. New and veteran technical administrators are encouraged to attend this webinar. Highlights for this session include: 1) Back-to-School updates 2) Receive an overview of the user administration process (and MiLogin for Business) 3) Technical updates, coming soon, new developments, and sneak previews from CEPI 4) Additional sessions scheduled for the 2024-25 school year (below) See the flyer for the 6 dates from 08/14/24 to 05/21/25 and registration links for each date.
- Sep
12This event is scheduled for 7:00am to - 7:30pmTarget audience: All Macomb County general and special educators, paraprofessionals, and administrators. EXCEPTION-MISD Center Programs and Assessment/MIPP staff are ineligible for this training. Please note this training is *limited to the staff who register by January 16, 2023. All participants will receive a Calm Classroom kit. Cost: This training is FREE to attend, however online registration is mandatory. Participants are REQUIRED to attend all five PD sessions and pick up their kits at the MISD.
- Oct
01This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 6:30pmReminder: This course can earn EITHER New Teacher Hours or SCECHs, but not both. If you are registering for this course, we will assume you wish to earn NTA hours. If you wish to earn SCECHs instead, or are otherwise not looking for new teacher hours, please register for Course #5718 instead. Looking to take your professional practice to the next level with effective use of technology AND receive county-wide recognition all for FREE? Participants will have 14 months to complete four self-paced online courses and four digital artifacts to support their blended learning growth. In addition to coursework support from the MISD IT Consultants and MADE Instructors, participants will have opportunities to network with fellow educators during four after-school sessions (dates listed below). This program is FREE.
- Oct
11This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 2:30pmAudience: 6-12 Grade ELA Teachers, Literacy Coaches and Administrators interested in refreshing the ELA practice in their classrooms This 3-day series invites participants to consider new ways to get students to engage in content, texts, and with their peers in meaningful ways. Learn how to bring together new, research-based ideas with tried-and-true instructional techniques.
- OctThis event is scheduled for 12:00pm to - 2:30pm
Are you teaching an AP Math and Computer Science Course? Come network with other teachers in the county to trade ideas, review College Board resources connected to your courses, and troubleshoot challenges. These sessions are course-specific so please make sure you register for the session that pertains to your course so you can collaborate with colleagues!
- Oct
17This event is scheduled for 9:00am to - 3:00pmCollaborative interdisciplinary teams across grades and disciplines. Partnership with the Marburger STEM Center at Lawrence Technological University. Apply change management strategies while reflecting on ways to inspire learners.
- Oct
18This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 3:30pmTarget Audience: GSRP Lead & Associate Teachers, Tuition Based Preschool Teachers, ECSE Teachers, Directors, Building Administrators, and Early Childhood Educators Course Description: Studies are an in-depth investigation that allow children the opportunity to investigate a topic and engage them in meaningful learning. In this workshop participants will learn how to choose an appropriate study topic, differentiate between a theme and study, and how to plan and implement a study.
- Oct
18This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 11:30amTarget Audience: GSRP Lead & Associate Teachers, Tuition Based Preschool Teachers, ECSE Teachers, Directors, Building Administrators, and Early Childhood Educators who currently use GOLD in the classroom. Participants must have a login. Course Description: Participants will learn the art of purposefully observing children in the early childhood classroom. Teachers will learn how to use the SmartTeach assessment system and why it is important to observe and assess children. Participants will learn what to observe, how to choose a level based on their documentation, and how to use the basic features of the online system.
- Oct
18This event is scheduled for 12:00pm to - 3:00pmTarget Audience: GSRP Lead & Associate Teachers, Tuition Based Preschool Teachers, ECSE Teachers, Directors, Building Administrators, and Early Childhood Educators who currently use COR in the classroom. Participants must have a login. Course Description: Learn the basic skills of the COR Advantage online assessment system: entering anecdotal notes, assigning scoring levels, running reports, and sharing data with families.
- Oct
22This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 11:30amCourse Overview: Participants will gain an understanding of how trauma impacts school attendance. Strategies for helping all staff increase regular attendance rates will be shared.
- Oct
25This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 3:30pmTarget Audience:GSRP Lead & Associate Teachers, Tuition Based Preschool Teachers, ECSE Teachers, Directors, Building Administrators, andEarly Childhood Educators Course Description:The Learning Environment is the starting point for implementing The Creative Curriculum. The learning environment makes all children feel safe and comfortable and that they belong. Participant will learn about the learning environment from three perspectives: ·Setting up and maintaining the classroom ·Establishing a structure for each day ·Creating a classroom community
- Oct
25This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 11:30amTarget Audience: GSRP Lead & Associate Teachers, Tuition Based Preschool Teachers, ECSE Teachers, Directors, Building Administrators, and Early Childhood Educators Course Description: Observing and reflecting on your students learning is an important part of the assessment cycle. Through ongoing practice, you can build your observation skills and develop different ways to document and interpret your observations. In this session participants will learn how to properly take an anecdotal note and walk away with tips and strategies to help streamline the process.
- Oct
25This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 11:30amTarget Audience: GSRP Lead & Associate Teachers, Tuition Based Preschool Teachers, ECSE Teachers, Directors, Building Administrators, and Early Childhood Educators Course Description: Participants: Will gain an understanding of the importance of children forming and sustaining positive relationships with adults and other children in the classroom Will learn how to support children in managing and expressing their emotions in a healthy way, as well as intentionally teaching problem solving skills Will reflect on the learning environment, daily routine, transitions and how they impact children’s social and emotional development
- Oct
29This event is scheduled for 2:30pm to - 3:30pmThe Career Spotlight Series is geared towards school counselors and college/career professionals who work assisting students to create post-secondary plans. Each session will have a different career focus in which important labor market information and access points of the various career opportunities available to students after high school graduation.
- Nov
06This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 10:30amThis training session is for all educators interested in trauma informed classroom management and organization. Ideas for how to create rituals & routines to help with classroom management & organization will be shared. Please bring a laptop if you have one!
- Nov
12This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 3:00pmTarget Audience: 1st grade teachers who completed Add+Vantage Math Recovery Course 1
- Nov
20This event is scheduled for 1:00pm to - 2:30pmPlease join us for our our Fall Media Meetup! During this meetup, you will have the opportunity to receive updates on Follett, Tumblebooks, and other resources, collaborate and network with others, ask questions, and learn more about available resources. This event is open to anyone in a building or district level media role. I'm looking forward to connecting with all of you and sharing some great resources!
- Nov
21This event is scheduled for 4:30pm to - 7:30pmTarget audience: Paraprofessionals Presenters: Kerri LaDuke Join us for an evening as we explore teaching empathy and belonging, and discovering the double empathy problem. How does Theory of Mind impact students with autism? How do we teach it and learn from it?
- Dec
04This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 2:30pmThis series offers interactive participation with the same material presented in the GELN Disciplinary Literacy Edupaths Courses. The free Edupaths courses can be accessed here: https://www.smore.com/qt9ve-professional-learning-events.
- Dec
06This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 11:30amTarget Audience: CRN Members, Macomb County Great Start Readiness Program staff, Macomb County Agency Representation
- Dec
06This event is scheduled for 12:30pm to - 3:30pmTarget Audience: CRN Members, Macomb County Great Start Readiness Program staff, Macomb County Agency Representation
- Dec
10This event is scheduled for 4:00pm to - 7:00pmTarget Audience: K-12 District Science Leaders A light dinner will be provided. Science Leadership Network participants are also highly encouraged to engage in the SEP Study Segments offered through the MISD.
- Dec
18This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 3:00pmTarget Audience: 5th Grade Teachers Build your STEM culture one book at a time. This workshop will explore how to integrate select children’s literature titles with STEM concepts and activities in the 5th grade classroom. Engage in a four- unit curriculum full of inventing, engineering, and design thinking! Each book has a corresponding STEM challenge that gently scaffolds for both the teacher and student. Aligned with NGSS, ISTE, SEL and ELA standards- this workshop is approachable and engaging.
- Jan
14This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 3:00pmTarget Audience: Grades K-2 Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Interventionists, Title I Teachers, Special Ed. Teachers and ELD Teachers, and Building Administrators The Michigan Academic Standards in Language Arts and the Essential Practices in Elementary Literacy are embedded within each of the modules. Macomb's Comprehensive Approach to Literacy is a framework designed to help ALL students grow as readers and writers!
- Jan
15This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 3:00pmTarget Audience: Grades 3-5 Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Interventionists, Title I Teachers, Special Ed. Teachers and ELD Teachers, and Building Administrators This 4-date professional development series incorporates GELN's Suite of Instructional Practices in Literacy. Participants will learn what the "buzz is about" regarding the science of reading, how to teach writing, how to impact small group instruction, and how to dig deeper in reading.
- Jan
21This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 10:00amPlease join us for our our Winter Media Meetup! During this meetup, you will have the opportunity to receive updates on Follett, Tumblebooks, and other resources, collaborate and network with others, ask questions, and learn more about available resources. This event is open to anyone in a building or district level media role. I'm looking forward to connecting with all of you and sharing some great resources!
- Jan
22This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 10:30amThis training is for those interested in diving deeper into self and co-regulation, including the mind and body connection. Emphasis will be on ways to remain calm and alert, ultimately supporting our ability to effectively respond and not react to strong emotions and stressors.
- Jan
28This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 11:00amThis session will provide classroom teachers with tools to proactively create a culture of emotional safety and belonging and develop a toolbox of reactive strategies when a student becomes dysregulated. Target Audience: Classroom Teachers and Administrators
- Feb
04This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 10:30amThis training session is for all educators interested in trauma informed classroom management and organization. Emphasis is on proactive ways to encourage/promote a safe, cohesive classroom with rituals, routines and organization, as well as effective ways to intervene when students are experiencing difficulty with self-regulation. Please bring a laptop if you have one!
- Feb
20This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 10:30amParticipants will gain an introduction understanding of how childhood trauma effects the classroom. Strategies for helping teachers to create a supportive working community will be shared.
- Mar
05This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 11:30amParticipants will gain an understanding of how trauma impacts school attendance. Strategies for helping all staff increase regular attendance rates will be shared.
- Mar
07This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 11:30amTarget Audience: CRN Members, Macomb County Great Start Readiness Program staff, Macomb County Agency Representation
- Mar
07This event is scheduled for 12:30pm to - 3:30pmTarget Audience: CRN Members, Macomb County Great Start Readiness Program staff, Macomb County Agency Representation
- Mar
18This event is scheduled for 8:15am to - 2:00pmTarget Audience: Macomb County School Counselors Macomb County School Counselors are invited to earn their 5 Military SCECHs through an interactive and exciting visit to Selfridge National Guard Base in Harrison Township. Attendees will learn about the various branches of the United States Military including what makes each unique, career opportunities, and enlistment procedures.
- Mar
20This event is scheduled for 4:00pm to - 7:00pmTarget Audience: K-12 District Science Leaders A light dinner will be provided. Science Leadership Network participants are also highly encouraged to engage in the SEP Study Segments offered through the MISD.
- Apr
01This event is scheduled for 8:00am to - 8:00amJoin the MISD K-3 Literacy Coaches for a virtual book study around the resource How to Plan Differentiated Reading Instruction Second Edition - Resources for Grades K-3.
- Apr
10This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 10:30amParticipants will gain a better understanding of the different types of trauma that immigrants and refugees often experience both before and after resettling in the United States, and recognize signs and symptoms of trauma. Suggestions for helping English Learners cope with adverse experiences through asset based thinking and social emotional support will be shared and examined.
- Apr
11This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 11:30amTarget Audience: CRN Members, Macomb County Great Start Readiness Program staff, Macomb County Agency Representation
- Apr
11This event is scheduled for 12:30pm to - 3:30pmTarget Audience: CRN Members, Macomb County Great Start Readiness Program staff, Macomb County Agency Representation
- Apr
15This event is scheduled for 1:00pm to - 2:30pmPlease join us for our our Spring Media Meetup! During this meetup, you will have the opportunity to receive updates on Follett, Tumblebooks, and other resources, collaborate and network with others, ask questions, and learn more about available resources. This event is open to anyone in a building or district level media role. I'm looking forward to connecting with all of you and sharing some great resources!
- Apr
16This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 3:00amTarget Audience: Teachers, Admins, Social Workers, Psychologists, Counselors This course teaches school professionals how to create trauma-informed schools and classrooms. The training focuses on resilience, exploring the core values and beliefs of educators and placing an emphasis on understanding how trauma impacts children and their school experience.
- Apr
25This event is scheduled for 8:30am to - 11:30amTarget Audience: CRN Members, Macomb County Great Start Readiness Program staff, Macomb County Agency Representation
- Apr
25This event is scheduled for 12:30pm to - 3:30pmTarget Audience: CRN Members, Macomb County Great Start Readiness Program staff, Macomb County Agency Representation
- Jun
03This event is scheduled for 4:00pm to - 7:00pmTarget Audience: K-12 District Science Leaders A light dinner will be provided. Science Leadership Network participants are also highly encouraged to engage in the SEP Study Segments offered through the MISD.
- Jun
05This event is scheduled for 7:00am to - 9:00pmThe Macomb ISD is dedicated to improving science education for all children in Macomb County. Stay abreast of current science professional learning opportunities, updates, and other relevant information by joining the MISD Science Information Mailing List. Communications will be sent via e-mail, no more than twice per month.