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 In the spirit of a Maker Faire, we will have a dedicated Maker Exhibit room during the second day of Common Ground. This is an opportunity for you (students, teachers, group leaders, public librarians, and community organizations) to share what you are making. Bring your eTextiles, vertical gardens, cardboard constructions, robots, drones and more! Educators want to see what you are making in your classrooms, neighborhood makerspaces, at home, or wherever! Teach! Demonstrate! Share your knowledge!
Your project can be High-Tech, Low-Tech, or High-Low Tech! Choose to demonstrate or lead a “Make-and-Take” activity.
What do I need to know before I submit a proposal?
If you want to bring a school group:
- An adult sponsor is REQUIRED. The sponsor could be a teacher, administrator or parent.
- The sponsor is responsible for completing their local school’s field trip documentation, and arranging for transportation/meals.
- The sponsor must remain with student group at all times during their presentation and while inside the convention center.
- Bring all of your required tools and materials. We will supply tables and chairs, electrical power, and wi-fi.
- A small storage area will be provided.
Deadline for applying: March 15, 2017, 11:59 p.m.
Accepted proposals will be announced on March 22, 2017.
Organizer’s Contact Information:
How do I apply?
Please complete this form by March 15, 2017, 11:59 pm: http://bit.ly/CG17maker
Each year, MML and the Maryland Mayors’ Association (MMA) invite 4th grade students throughout Maryland to participate in a statewide essay contest: “If I Were Mayor, I Would...”
The contest gives students a chance to creatively use grade-specific language arts skills and civics / social studies knowledge.
Information for Teachers: Contest Rules
The best way to ensure your students understand how municipal government works is to hear it directly from an official. Interested in a school visit? Visit our Municipal Websites page to find your municipality’s website and contact information. Contact the city / town clerk or administrator / manager to request a visit from your mayor or a councilperson. Officials are willing to do visits November through mid-March to talk about municipal government, its role in the community, and the essay contest theme.
You may also use the Municipal Government Handbook as a study guide to help your students understand the role of municipal officials. (Please note that this contest is not affiliated with any county public school system in Maryland.)
Essays must be received no later than March 31,
2017
Sponsored By
The Maryland Mayors Association
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Company
A good essential question can spark student inquiry, engage their thinking, and open doors to understanding the big ideas of the curriculum. Join co-author, Jay McTighe, for an engaging workshop to examine key ideas from the best-selling ASCD book, Essential Questions: Opening Doorways to Student Understanding (McTighe and Wiggins).
WORKSHOP OUTCOMES
You will learn to:
- recognize the characteristics of truly essential questions (EQs)
- distinguish between content and process EQs
- use essential questions to “unpack” Standards
- map the curriculum with overarching EQs that spiral across the grades
- apply practical and proven design tools for developing essential questions
- use essential questions as an integral part of teaching for understanding
- create a classroom culture that supports inquiry
Addition, we’ll review a collection of excellent websites containing essential questions and view videos of teachers using EQs in their classrooms.
REGISTRATION INCLUDES
Your workshop registration includes workshop materials, continental breakfast and on-site lunch, along with a selection of snacks and beverages available during workshop breaks.
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT INFORMATION
Cost: $189
http://jaymctighe.com/events/eq-workshop-2017/
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The Maryland Teacher Leadership Summit is a two-day summit designed to promote and develop teacher-led initiatives across the state. Modeled after the successful National Teach to Lead Summit, the Maryland event will:
- Spotlight and support a selective group of teacher-led initiatives across Maryland;
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Provide teacher-led teams hands-on training to refine their program models, identify supports, and communicate their initiatives to key stakeholders
- Promote teacher leadership among key local systems level stakeholders including superintendents, principals and national and local partners engaged to advise and support teacher-led teams to refine innovative proposals;
The Maryland Summit will be held on Tuesday, July 19th and Wednesday July 20th for teacher-led teams selected by peers through an application process. The Summit will include critical friends and partner organizations that will support teacher-led teams to refine their program/proposal designs and advocate for their initiatives locally.
For more information:
https://sites.google.com/site/mdteacherleadershipsummit/home
The deadline for idea submissions for the Maryland Teacher Leadership Summit is Friday, May 26, 2017 at 11:59pm ET. All idea submissions must be completed and submitted by this date and time.
Snow Hill, MD, February 1, 2017 - Maryland Association of School Librarians (MASL) is pleased to announce the 25 nominees for the 2017 Maryland School Librarian of the Year award which honors a school librarian for exemplary service and outstanding achievements in the field of school library media. The recipient of the award will be announced at the Common Ground Conference in Ocean City, Maryland (May 4-5, 2017).
To be considered for this award, nominees met the basic eligibility requirements, including being a current member of MASL, a Certified School Librarian, actively serving as a school librarian in a public, private, or independent school in Maryland that serves any students in grades PreK-12, and serving in the same role/position for three or more years.
In early February, the selection committee will name five finalists. The selection committee is comprised of representatives from MASL, Maryland State Department of Education, McDaniel College, Towson University, and University of Maryland College Park. The selection committee will evaluate the nominees based on the extent to which they exemplify the five roles (administrator, leader, information specialist, teacher, and instructional partner) of a library media specialist as set forth in AASL’s Standards for the 21st Century Learner.
The recipient of the 2017 Maryland School Librarian of the Year award will receive a $500 cash award (donated by Follett), a $150 cash award (donated by Demco), a $50 gift certificate to Pizza Tugos Restaurant in Ocean City, MD, a $50 gift certificate to Fager’s Island Restaurant in Ocean City, MD, free registration to MASL’s 2017 Conference and free registration to Common Ground 2018. The recipient will also receive a Maryland themed gift basket donated by Taylor Book Group in Bel Air, MD. Finalists will receive plaques and the recipient will receive a trophy both sponsored by Chesapeake Trophy in Lexington Park, MD.
Nominees for the 2016-2017 Maryland School Librarian of the Year:
- Sandy Bixby, Edgemere Elementary School, Baltimore County Public Schools
- Francine Brooks, Green Holly Elementary School, St. Mary's County Public Schools
- Melissa Da, The Mount Washington School, Baltimore City Public Schools
- Ann Duncan, Walkersville Middle School, Frederick County Public Schools
- Brooke Grams, Forest Park High School, Baltimore City Public Schools
- Brenda Hager, Leonardtown High School, St. Mary's County Public Schools
- Jennifer Hamilton, Oakland Mills Middle School, Howard County Public Schools
- Laura Hicks, Frederick High School, Frederick County Public Schools
- Christine Hurley, Springfield Middle School, Washington County Public Schools
- Tracy Jeffcott, Somerset Elementary School, Montgomery County Public Schools
- Kimberly Johnson, South Carroll High School, Carroll County
- Cassandra Lopez, Northfield Elementary School, Howard County
- Lauren Lynn, Huntingtown Elementary School, Calvert County Public Schools
- Donna Mignardi, Calvert High School, Calvert County Public Schools
- Emily Nauman, Monocacy Elementary School, Frederick County Public Schools
- Brittany Nuse, Valley Elementary School, Frederick County Public Schools
- Amanda O'Neill, Chopticon High School, St. Mary's County, MD
- Maria O'Toole, Carroll Manor Elementary School, Frederick County Public Schools
- Mary Ann Owen, Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary School, St. Mary's Public Schools
- Renate Owen, Oakdale High School, Frederick County Public Schools
- Ali Schilpp, Northern Middle School, Garrett County Schools
- Jennifer Shesman, Thurmont Middle School, Frederick County Public Schools
- Elizabeth Starnes, Southern High School, Anne Arundel County Public Schools
- Marijoel Verlich, Dowell Elementary School, Calvert County Public Schools
- Heather Wysokinski, Leonardtown Middle School, St. Mary's County Public Schools
A complete list of all nominees, including their professional biographies, is available on the Maryland Association of School Librarians website. Visit http://maslmd.org/md_sloy/ for more information. |
