MMSA Middle Level Promise and Practice Summer Institute 2013

Scott McLeod

Featuring a Day with Scott McLeod
June 25, 2013 in Moorhead, MN and June 26, 2013 in Lakeville, MN

Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky. He also is the Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), the nation’s only academic center dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators, and was a co-creator of the wildly popular video series, Did You Know? (Shift Happens). He has received numerous national awards for his technology leadership work, including recognitions from the cable industry, Phi Delta Kappa, and the National School Boards Association. Dr. McLeod blogs regularly about technology leadership issues at Dangerously Irrelevant and Mind Dump and occasionally at The Huffington Post.

Registration Form and Other Information (read on for session descriptions)

AMLE Seeking Performing Groups

Students Singing photo

Performers Needed for the AMLE Conference in Minneapolis!
 
It is with great excitement that we invite you to experience the most valuable national professional development opportunity for any type of educator who works with grades 5-9: The 40th Annual Conference for Middle Level Education! The conference will bring together educators from many states and countries to engage in professional, collaborative learning.

The conference will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center November 7-9, 2013.  If you are interested in applying to perform, please click on the link and fill in the required fields on the application form.

National Conference in Minneapolis 2013

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On behalf of the Association for Middle Level Education (formerly National Middle School Association), and the Minnesota Middle School Association, it is with great excitement that we invite you to experience the most valuable national professional development opportunity for any type of educator who works with grades 5-9: The 40th Annual Conference for Middle Level Education held in Minneapolis November 7-9, 2013.

Kim Campbell is Middle Level Educator of the Year

Kim Campbell

The 2012 Coleen Yatckoske Middle Level Educator of the Year is Kim Campbell. Kim currently teaches 7th grade social studies and is a PBIS coordinator at Hopkins West Junior High.

 

Thank You Note to MMSA from Hopkins School District

MMSA Essay Contest Winner !

Abby Ilstrup

Congratulations to Abby Ilstrup for winning the MMSA Month of the Young Adolescent Essay Contest! As the winner, Abby received $100 from MMSA for her great essay. Read on to view her essay.

Presentation Handouts from the MMSA Conference!

Handouts

These are some of the handouts made available from Rick Wormeli, Dr. Judith Landrum and Dakota Meadows Middle School.

 

Metaphors and Analogies- Power Tools for Teaching any Subject

21st Century Homework Success- Principles and Practicalities

Differentiated Grading- Fair Isn't Always Equal

Re-dos & Re-takes- Rationale and Practicalities

Mental Dexterity Creates the Best Classrooms - Building Creativity in Teachers

What We Can Do When We Are Brave Together

Academic Language Vocabulary Plus

Middle Schoolers and B.Y.O.D. (Bring Your Own Device) - Are You Nuts! SLIDES

Middle Schoolers and B.Y.O.D. (Bring Your Own Device) - Are You Nuts! NOTES

MMSA Conference Program

Senator Amy Klobuchar Welcomes Teachers at MMSA Conference

Senator Amy Klobuchar

Senator Amy Klobuchar addresses teachers at the Minnesota Middle School Conference in Bloomington, MN on December 6th and 7th, 2012. Watch the video of her inspiring remarks!

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