ESSA Basics PowerPoint Kathleen McCreery from California ASCD sent the following link. Kathy is a great friend of MISIC and has been helping organize the California version of our C3 Cadres in her state. ASCD has created a PowerPoint presentation on
Request for governor’s veto
Request for governor’s veto To All MISIC members: In case you did not receive the following email from one of your professional organizations. Please respond as you wish to the call for action on the State Assessment bill. This message
Curriculum Manager Update – New Science Standards
Curriculum Manager Update – New Science Standards The new Science standards that were adopted by the state last fall are now loaded into Curriculum Manager for your teachers to use and align to their units of instruction! You will
Social Studies Teachers – Apply Now for James Madison Legacy Project
Apply Now for James Madison Legacy Project Please see the invitation below for an opportunity being offered for Social Studies teachers. This was shared with us by Stefanie Wager, the social studies consultant with the Dept of Ed. Thanks!
NEW Logo Contest – Rules & Specifications – Extended to April 30
MISIC – New Logo Competition Rules This is an invitation for submission of graphic designs for MISIC: Impacting Students; Improving Curriculum Submission cut-off date has been extended to April 30, 2016. Entries must be emailed to Jamie Morgan (jamie@misiciowa.org) for submission. The winning
MISIC – Spring Regional Meetings – March 30, April 1, 5 & 6
MISIC – Spring Regional Meetings March 30, April 1, 5 & 6 The Spring Regional Meetings are this week and next week. The specific dates and locations are below. We have posted the agenda for the meetings on the Meetings page
2016 Best Practices in Social Studies Institute
2016 Best Practices in Social Studies Institute – Registration is now open! Please see the invitation below for an opportunity being offered for Social Studies teachers this summer. This was shared with us by Stefanie Wager, the social studies consultant
Announcing Launch of New NGSS Website
Announcing Launch of New NGSS Website The message below is from Achieve.org. You can sign up to receive updates about NGSS directly from them on the new NGSS website. You can view the original message here. Announcing Launch of New
Most Likely to Succeed – Documentary Screening
Most Likely to Succeed – Documentary Screening February 25, 2016 – 6:30pm We want to let you all know about the Iowa screening of the educational documentary, Most Likely to Succeed. The Most Likely to Succeed education documentary offers an
ESSA Documents to Share
ESSA Documents to Share With the new Every Student Succeeds Act replacing No Child Left Behind, there are some significant changes that will happen over the next couple of years. We have found these three documents that each give some