MISIC: Members Impacting Students; Improving Curriculum

MISIC Quarterly Meetings 2023-24
2024-03-26 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Online
Please join us on Zoom for the final MISIC Quarterly Meeting for 2023-24.

Join MISIC as we continue to help you Focus on What Matters this year in our quarterly meetings. Each meeting will be broadcast via Zoom across the state. The final meeting for this year will be held on Tuesday, March 26 from 9:00-11:00am. Register now and make plans to join us. The agenda for the meeting includes:

Iowa Legislative Update – Margaret Buckton, RSAI & ISFIS
Math Standards Update – April Pforts, Dept. of Ed.
And more!

Click here to register for the meeting.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
The meeting will also be recorded and posted.

MISIC Quarterly Meeting #1 - 2024-2025
2024-09-12 13:00 - 15:00 | IA
Please join us on Zoom for the first MISIC Quarterly Meeting for 2024-25.

Join MISIC for our first quarterly meeting for 2024-2025 to hear about all of the new tools and resources that we have available for you. We have added three new team members and everyone has been hard at work to create new materials that are ready for you to use in your district. We have new book studies, micro-credentials, quick resource guides and more on topics ranging from Science of Reading to Student Engagement and much more!
The meeting will be broadcast via Zoom on Thursday, September 12 from 1:00-3:00pm. Register now and make plans to join us. The meeting will also be recorded and posted.
Click here to register for the meeting.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Science of Reading for School Leaders
2024-09-24 09:00 - 14:00 | City Church, 2400 Oakwood Road, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
MISIC is excited to announce that we are hosting a workshop, Science of Reading for School Leaders, on Tuesday, September 24, 2024. Mark your calendars and register now!

Fall 2024 - ISASP Workshop
2024-10-10 08:30 - 15:00 | City Church, 2400 Oakwood Road, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
MISIC is excited to announce that we are hosting an ISASP workshop on Thursday, October 10, 2024. We will once again be joined by Catherine Welch, Stephen Dunbar and others from Iowa Testing Programs. Mark your calendars and register now!

Grades K-2 - Putting the Science of Reading into Action
2024-10-22 08:30 - 14:30 | City Church, 2400 Oakwood Road, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
MISIC is excited to announce that we are hosting a workshop, Putting the Science of Reading into Action – Grades K-2, on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Mark your calendars and register now!

Grades 3-5 – Putting the Science of Reading into Action
2024-10-24 08:30 - 14:30 | City Church, 2400 Oakwood Road, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
MISIC is excited to announce that we are hosting a workshop, Putting the Science of Reading into Action – Grades 3-5, on Thursday, October 24, 2024. Mark your calendars and register now!

Implementing the Math Standards
2024-11-04 08:30 - 15:00 | City Church, 2400 Oakwood Road, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
MISIC is excited to announce that we are hosting a workshop about Implementing the Math Standards on Monday, November 4, 2024. We will be joined by April Pforts from the Iowa Department of Education. Mark your calendars and register now!

MISIC Quarterly Meeting #2 - 2024-2025
2024-11-19 09:00 - 11:00 | IA
Please join us on Zoom for the second MISIC Quarterly Meeting for 2024-25.
Join MISIC on Tuesday, November 19 from 9:00am to 11:00am for our second quarterly meeting for 2024-2025.
The meeting agenda includes:

Science of Reading Resources – Lisa Pulis & Cathy Stakey
Student Behavior – Action Planning Tool – Callie Stein
ELA & Math Resources Update – Jamie Morgan
Integrating Resilience and Trauma Informed Care Approaches with Literacy – Emma Harding, Tanager Place
And more!

The meeting will be broadcast via Zoom. Register now and make plans to join us. The meeting will also be recorded and posted.
Click here to register for the meeting.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email that contains the link to join the meeting.

MISIC Quarterly Meeting #3 – 2024-2025
2025-02-21 09:30 - 11:30 | Online
Please join us on Zoom for the third MISIC Quarterly Meeting for 2024-25.

Join MISIC on Friday, February 21 from 9:30am to 11:30am for our third quarterly meeting for 2024-2025.
The meeting agenda includes:

ISASP Update – Catherine Welch & Stephen Dunbar
Legislative Update – Margaret Buckton
ELA & Math Resources Update – Jamie Morgan
And more!

The meeting will be broadcast via Zoom. Register now and make plans to join us. The meeting will also be recorded and posted.
Click here to register for the meeting.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email that contains the link to join the meeting.

MISIC Quarterly Meeting #4 – 2024-2025
2025-04-14 09:00 - 11:00 | Online
Please join us on Zoom for the final MISIC Quarterly Meeting for 2024-25.

Join MISIC on Monday, April 14th from 9:00am to 11:00am for our final quarterly meeting for 2024-2025.
The meeting agenda includes:

Alternative School Calendars – Jon Suntken, Melcher-Dallas & MaryDawn Schuck, Van Buren County
Understanding Collective Stress and Trauma – Jen Alexander, Author & Presenter
MISIC Resources Update – Sue Beers & Jamie Morgan
Legislative Update – Margaret Buckton, ISFIS/RSAI
And more!

The meeting will be broadcast via Zoom. Register now and make plans to join us. The meeting will also be recorded and posted.
Click here to register for the meeting.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email that contains the link to join the meeting.

MISIC Quarterly Meeting #1 - 2025-2026
2025-09-09 09:00 - 11:00 | IA
Please join us on Zoom for the first MISIC Quarterly Meeting for 2025-26.

Join MISIC for our first quarterly meeting for 2025-2026 to hear about all of the new tools and resources that we have available for you. We will be joined by Wendy Parker and some of her team members from Rapacious Learning to focus on Special Education and how we can help support your district.
The meeting will be broadcast via Zoom on Tuesday, September 9 from 9:00-11:00am. Register now and make plans to join us. The meeting will also be recorded and posted.
Click here to register for the meeting.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing the link to join the meeting.

Math Workshop 2025
2025-09-23 09:00 - 15:00 | City Church, 2400 Oakwood Road, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
MISIC is excited to announce that we are hosting a workshop for math educators on Tuesday, September 23, 2025. We will be joined by April Pforts & Christi Donald from the Iowa Department of Education. Mark your calendars and register now!

ISASP Workshop - Fall 2025
2025-09-25 09:00 - 15:00 | City Church, 2400 Oakwood Road, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
MISIC is excited to announce that we are hosting an ISASP workshop on Thursday, September 25, 2025. We will once again be joined by Catherine Welch, Stephen Dunbar and others from Iowa Testing Programs to help you dig into your Spring 2025 data. Register now.

Special Education Workshop
2025-11-04 09:00 - 15:00 | City Church, 2400 Oakwood Road, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
MISIC is excited to announce that we are hosting Navigating the Changing Face of Special Education in Iowa on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. This interactive workshop will be presented by Wendy Parker from Rapacious Learning. Register now.
Join us for a dynamic professional learning day designed to support school districts in responding to the significant shifts in Iowa’s special education service delivery system.
This interactive session will equip district and school leaders with the knowledge, tools, and collaborative strategies needed to reimagine and redesign special education services.
Participants will:

explore state-level changes
examine implications for local practices
engage in hands-on planning to align systems, staffing, and supports with the evolving changes you are facing.

I've LETR'D: Now What? - Putting Text at the Heart of Planning for Instruction
2025-11-05 09:00 - 15:00 | City Church, 2400 Oakwood Road, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
MISIC is excited to partner with Really Great Reading to offer this dynamic workshop for K-5 educators featuring:

Word Wizardry: Dual Coding & Semantic Reasoning in Vocabulary Instruction – Julie Sealine, Really Great Reading
Creating the Conditions for Comprehension: Practical Tools for Vocabulary, Language, and Text-Driven Instruction – Cathy Stakey, MISIC Team

Bring your curriculum materials or a piece of text you use during whole group reading instruction to use in the workshop.

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MISIC Quarterly Meeting #2 - 2025-2026
2025-12-16 09:00 - 11:00 | IA
Please join us on Zoom for the second MISIC Quarterly Meeting for 2025-26.

Join MISIC for our second quarterly meeting for 2025-2026 to hear about all of the new tools and resources that we have available for you. We will be joined by Emma Harding from Tanager Place and Jon Hueser will share about what he is doing to support Special Education in his districts.
The meeting will be broadcast via Zoom on Tuesday, December 16 from 9:00-11:00am. Register now and make plans to join us. The meeting will also be recorded and posted.
Click here to register for the meeting.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing the link to join the meeting.
