MIEM
Michigan Institute for Educational Management is a nonprofit organization established to provide professional development activities for all school personnel. Employees of member school districts are eligible for up to a 25% discount on virtually all conference and seminar registration fees. Catch a ride on the MIEM Team! Join Michigan Institute for Educational Management today!
Michigan State University College of Education
MSU Off-Campus and Online Masters Programs
Nationally recognized faculty and expert Michigan practitioners work with students in all of these programs, offered through the MSU College of Education. . .
The Master of Arts in Curriculum and Teaching (MACT) is designed for teachers who are committed to achieving accomplished teaching of school subjects to diverse learners. The program emphasizes practice-centered inquiry and teacher leadership in the classroom, school, community and profession.
The Master of Arts in Educational Technology (MAET) has been developed for educators who want a greater understanding of how to use cutting edge technology to improve teaching and learning. This program is especially suited for classroom teachers, technology coordinators, and media/library specialists at all grade levels.
The Master of Arts in Educational Administration (MAEAD)prepares educators for school leadership and management positions in K-12 schools. Students in this program develop the knowledge and skills – instructional, managerial, political, social and ethical –- needed to be an effective educational leader.
An online Master of Arts degree in Education is available for educators interested in 24/7 access. Students participating in the online program may develop one or two concentrations that focus on selected areas, including: special education, technology and learning, K-12 school and postsecondary leadership, literacy education, and science and mathematics education. This online program is not designed to provide State of Michigan endorsement nor teacher certification.
Please note: all the academic programs listed must be completed within five years.
For complete information about these programs, please visit our web site.
Certificate in Educational Assessment For Practitioners
A unique opportunity for educators who want to learn more about student assessment has been created by Michigan State University. The College of Education will begin a three-course sequence (nine semester hours) for practitioners that will lead to a Certificate in Educational Assessment. These courses will help educators better understand the educational assessments they administer and use. The courses are designed for educators with a minimum of statistical or technical background, and will stress the understanding of key measurement concepts situated in practical settings.
The three courses included in the Certificate are as follows:
CEP 823 Balanced Assessment Systems
This course provides an overview of summative assessments (at the national, state, and local levels), interim benchmark assessments, and classroom-based assessments.
(Offered Fall 08, Mondays 4-7 pm)
CEP 825 Educational Assessments and Testing Programs
This course provides a more intense coverage of large-scale assessment programs at the national and state levels. It will also present information about interim benchmark assessments that may be used at the district and school levels. (Offered Spring 09)
CEP 837 Analyzing, Using, and Reporting Assessment Results
This course gives hands-on experience in analyzing the results from national, state and commercial tests to determine trends in student learning and to determine weaknesses shown by the exams. Software designed to facilitate the analysis and use of assessment results will be reviewed. Using these analyses and the data to determine how schools can improve student learning, and report results to a variety of audiences, will also be presented.
(Offered Fall 09)
Other courses that may interest you include:
CEP 822 Approaches to Educational Research (Currently offered)
CEP 826 Evaluation of Educational Programs and Policies (Currently offered)
CEP 830 Classroom Assessment (May be offered Fall 09)
For information about enrolling in the Certificate program, or other questions about the program and courses, please contact:
Ed Roeber
MSU College of Education
201H Erickson
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 432-0427
Scholastic Education
Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, has a corporate mission supported through all of its divisions of helping children around the world to read and learn. Recognizing that literacy is the cornerstone of a child's intellectual, personal and cultural growth, Scholastic has created quality products and services that educate, entertain and motivate children and are designed to help enlarge their understanding of the world around them. Our research-based products help build vital skills and deliver the results you are looking for.
Scholastic has quality products to meet the needs of all your students. We are proud to offer outstanding, research-based programs for ELLs including: Scholastic Zip Zoom English (www.scholastic.com/zipzoom) and New Connections to English Classroom Libraries (www.scholastic.com/newconnections). All students are being held to new, and changing, standards of achievement. Scholastic can help you meet this challenge with several research-based instructional programs including: Scholastic Read 180 (www.scholastic.com/read180), ReadAbout (www.scholastic.com/readabout), Fastt Math (www.tomsnyder.com/fasttmath) and much more! Visit www.scholastic.com for all product information.
Colflesh & Associates
An organizational and educational consultant, Dr. Colflesh works with school districts in the state providing presentation, facilitation, consulting and coaching services. She appreciates most the opportunity to provide facilitation of group work in districts and communities. Her experience includes work as a teacher, principal, staff developer and ISD administrator. Several sources have provided the development of her organizational development knowledge and skills: a strong mentor, many hours of professional development and training, coaching support from nationally-known consultants, an emphasis in her doctoral studies, and plenty of practice and reflection.
Nancy earned her doctorate at Michigan State University where her dissertation exploring the relationship between women’s lives and their leadership values and beliefs earned the Distinguished Dissertation Award from the American Educational Research Association’s Special Interest Group: Research on Women in Education. In addition to her consultant work, she also is a member of the adjunct faculty in the Department of Educational Administration in Michigan State University’s College of Education. She recently was recognized by her EAD colleagues with the UCEA Excellence in Educational Leadership Award. Above all, she is a learner.
WriteSteps
WriteSteps was created to assist the teacher in using the most current techniques and strategies to meet the writing Grade Level Content Expectations. WriteSteps provides classroom demonstration lessons on DVDs that allow teachers to quickly apply techniques and strategies to help students meet and exceed standards on the ELA MEAP test. WriteSteps lessons are balanced writing lessons that use guided and independent writing within a writing workshop framework.
Teachers can read books or attend workshops about how to teach writing and slowly develop and refine their individual writing lesson plans and techniques. However, for efficient implementation of proven techniques and strategies, there are no substitutes for seeing master teachers model lessons with real kids in real classrooms. Although WriteSteps lessons are very complete, they also provide plenty of flexibility for teachers to add their own special touches to tailor the material to their students and their teaching style to enrich the learning experience.
Each teacher’s kit includes a year’s worth of demonstration lessons on DVDs. The DVDs include Professional Development suggestions and instructions embedded as text through out the modeled lessons. The lessons are research-based and specifically designed to meet the Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations. Also included are all the reproducibles needed to replicate the GLCE lessons in the classroom. The Kits are very teacher friendly and even include the overheads and posters to teach the lessons! The lesson materials, reproducibles, overheads and DVDs are in a three ring binder organized by lesson for the busy teacher.
The WriteSteps lessons have been developed and refined based on a Writing Consultant’s experience as a writing coach in more than 300 Michigan classrooms. Therefore, WriteSteps lessons have been tested, refined and proven in Michigan classrooms with different teaching styles, various class sizes and social economic levels.
For more information, please visit our website at: http://www.WriteStepsGLCE.com
Harcourt Connected Learning
Harcourt Connected Learning provides technology-driven productivity and teaching tools, standards-based professional development, and comprehensive solutions that draw on assets and resources from across Harcourt divisions. HCL combines the expertise of Achieve! Data Solutions, the developer of DataDirector™ and leader in data-driven decision-making, and Classroom Connect/eSchool, the award-winning leader in professional development services.
Our educator-friendly, customized online solutions allow educators to put data-driven decision making tools to use in the district administrative offices and in the classrooms, where properly utilized data can speed remediation and help students succeed. HCL solutions are supported at every step by face-to-face and online professional development.
