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
NEW Name for MISIC and Logo Contest
Hello MISIC Members- First of all, thank you for all of your entries in the MISIC Name Contest! The MISIC Board had a lot of great ideas to choose from! The new name of Mid-Iowa School Improvement Consortium is actually
MISIC’s C3 Literacy Cadre – Cohort 2 & 3
MISIC’s C3 Literacy Cadre – Cohort 2 & 3 MISIC’s C3 Cadre Project is an intensive, overtime, sustained professional development experience; designed to provide participants with deep knowledge and experience in designing units of study that implement the Iowa Standards
ESSA Transition
ESSA Transition Now that the Every Student Succeeds Act has been signed, the transition will take place over the next 1.5 years. The attached federal letter to states begins to show us that there will be a transition versus an
MISIC Members Webinar Meeting – Jan 21, 2016
MISIC Members Webinar Meeting – Jan 21, 2016 The next MISIC meeting is January 21st from 10am-12pm via webinar. Join us for the MISIC Members Webinar Meeting! We have decided to use the webinar feature again for our Winter 2016 Members
NCLB has been replaced by ESSA
President Obama will sign the replacement of NCLB today. It is called the Every Student Succeeds Act. The bill will replace NCLB as of October 1, 2016. You can view a summary of the legislation here: ESSA Overview