Issue 19 | September 2021
Be sure your email address is up-to-date in the Michigan Online Educator Certification System to receive important notifications regarding YOUR certificate.
Please see the archived newsletters for other important information that affects licensure.
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In Case You Missed It: Michigan’s Updated Top 10 Strategic Education Plan
Michigan has an updated Top 10 Strategic Education Plan that provides focused direction to Michigan’s education community in support of all learners. In August 2020, the State Board of Education approved a streamlined strategic education plan that, while retaining the mission and vision of the original 2016 Top 10 plan, has amended guiding principles, operationalizable goals, metrics associated with each goal, and opportunities in the mid-term for districts to share best practices with one another in the different goal areas.
The plan is both directional and aspirational and designed to concentrate energy and resources, strengthen operations, and set success measures to ensure that all stakeholders are working together toward common education goals. The creation and adoption of the plan followed months of interviews and focus group discussions with education stakeholders and responses from nearly 12,000 individuals to a statewide survey. For more information, please visit the strategic education plan homepage. We hope you will support Michigan’s Top 10 Strategic Education Plan.
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Explore Military Career Options
Are you interested in learning about the career opportunities for students who are considering joining the military? Earn 5 State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs) by exploring Military Career options! Visit Military Course Directions (michigan.gov) for further details!
All-Women-Led Confederation of Michigan Tribal Education Departments Launches Website and First-Of-Its-Kind Educational Resource Guide
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For the first time in history, CMTED has a platform to share Indigenous-developed and Indigenous-vetted educational resources with Michigan's education system. The initial resource on the website – Maawndoonganan: Anishinaabe Resource Manual – contains CMTED-endorsed instructional materials such as books, podcasts, videos, and websites. The guide is intentionally focused on Social Studies Standards adopted by the Michigan State Board of Education in June 2019 that are inclusive of Indigenous content. Read more about this exciting work here.
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New Pathway for Teachers to Earn the Anishinaabemowin Language and Culture (FN) Endorsement
A new teaching certificate partnership between Northern Michigan University and Bay Mills Community College begins this fall. It is designed to prepare K-12 teachers of Anishinaabemowin language and culture. This is a major milestone in work that started in 2011 with the State Board of Education approval of standards for this area. The program was approved in April and features a three-pronged partnership between Bay Mills Community College’s Associate of Arts Degree in Anishinaabe Language Instruction, the Native American Studies major offered through NMU’s Center for Native American Studies, and the professional educator preparation programming offered by NMU’s School of Education. Read more about it here.
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Michigan Teacher of the Year (MTOY)
Nominations for 2022-23 Michigan Teacher of the Year (MTOY) officially opened on Monday, September 13, 2021. Nominations will remain open through Monday, October 16. To nominate a teacher, please use the online form. For more information about Michigan Teacher of the Year, including information about the 2021-22 honorees, please visit www.michigan.gov/mtoy.
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Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST)
Nominations are now open for educators teaching math or science content to students in grades K-6. To nominate an educator or begin an application, visit the program website, www.paemst.org. Additional information, including application support and more information about the program can also be found at the website.
If you are not a STEM educator who works directly with students in grades K-12 and are interested in sharing your expertise with the PAEMST program, we would welcome your involvement as a mentor or reviewer. Mentors are individuals who use their knowledge of STEM teaching to assist applicants in crafting a compelling application, and reviewers score submitted applications.
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Human Trafficking Virtual Training
The 2021 Virtual Human Trafficking training on Thursday, November 4, 2021 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm will address the sexual and labor trafficking issues educators and health care professionals may encounter at their workplace. We will hear from experts about what and who is at risk of being trafficked, how to spot trafficking, and how to report suspected human trafficking situations. Also, participants will hear from a human trafficking survivor’s story and a Victim Advocate’s fight for survivors. This will be an informative session for all. Click here to register by October 21st.
Continuing Education credits have been applied for and will be offered to those who attend the training.
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Save the Date and Call for Proposals
The Michigan Reading Association’s (MRA) 2022 Annual Conference will take place March 11-14, 2022 in Lansing. The theme is “Literacy Equity, Justice, and Building Beloved Community.” MRA invites all educators to submit proposals for breakout sessions.
Read more about the conference theme and submit a proposal here: https://cutt.ly/WQrnXib. Proposals should align strongly with the conference theme and must be received via our online proposal system no later than September 30, 2021 at midnight. The Program Committee will consider all proposals submitted by the due date. Notification of the committee's decision will be sent no later than November 1, 2022.
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IES Library of Resources
The Institute of Education Sciences(IES) maintains a wealth of free resources of educators including:
Inclusive Learning for All Students
If you have Blind/Visually Impaired High School students in your school this year, please consider participating in a research study for a new learning system for science, called Kasi.
Kasi has been developed by Alchemie, a Michigan-based company, with Department of Education funding. Kasi combines Audio-based Augmented Reality, Computer Vision, and physical manipulatives to help blind students learn science, and communicate more effectively with their sighted peers and teachers. You can see Kasi in action in this video.
All research will take place at your school by the Alchemie research team over a two-day period. The school will receive a free Kasi set for their participation in the project. If you are interested in participating, please fill out this form.
Help us create accessible and inclusive learning tools for all science students!
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Teachers Who Aren’t Teaching Documentary
Check out a documentary from Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Midwest Detroit Public TV, Teachers who aren’t teaching: Who are they and how do we get them back? Watch it here.
This 30-minute public television program, produced for REL Midwest’s Alliance to Improve Teacher Preparation with Detroit Public Television, presents research on the primary reasons that many certified teachers are not teaching in public schools and the core incentives that would motivate them to return to the classroom. The program focuses on the ways state policymakers and district leaders can develop recruitment and retention.
The documentary features the perspectives of district leaders as well as longtime teachers, those teachers who have left the profession and returned, and those who are certified but are no longer teaching in public schools. In addition, Leah Breen, Director of the Office of Educator Excellence at the Michigan Department of Education, shares the state’s strategies for improving teacher recruitment and retention efforts. The program also features researchers who discuss the teacher shortage and the incentives that would motivate nonteaching certified teachers to teach in public schools.
Visit the documentary webpage to view the documentary and review the viewing guide (at the bottom of the page), which prompts viewers to consider what they have learned in the film that can inform their own work. Please share this widely with your colleagues.
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Superintendent’s Workforce Guide: Fall Edition Now Available
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The Future Proud Michigan Educator Program
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The Welcome Back Proud Michigan Educator Campaign
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Growing the Local Educator Workforce
Recognizing and Retaining Educators
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#proudMIeducator & Educator Recognition
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Educator Evaluation Resources
Requirements and Reporting
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Educator Certification, Placement, and Permits
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Data & Reporting Reminders
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The Michigan Code of Educational Ethics
Do you want specific details or have a "good of the group" question? Submit a question and it could appear in an upcoming newsletter!
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