MISIC: Members Impacting Students; Improving Curriculum

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

Join MISIC on Tuesday, December 16th from 9:00am to 11:00am for our second quarterly meeting for 2025-2026.
The agenda for the meeting includes:

Special Education Resources – Jon Hueser, SE Valley CSD
Responding with Care to Challenging Behaviors – Emma Harding, Tanager Place
New Micro-Credentials, One Pagers and Other Resources – MISIC Team
And More!

The meeting will be broadcast via Zoom on Tuesday, December 16 from 9:00-11:00am. 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.

MISIC Quarterly Meeting #3 – 2025-2026
2026-02-11 09:00 - 11:00 | IA
Please join us on Zoom for the third MISIC Quarterly Meeting for 2025-26.

Join MISIC on Wednesday, February 11th from 9:00am to 11:00am for our third quarterly meeting for 2025-2026.
The agenda for the meeting includes:

Legislative Update – Margaret Buckton, ISFIS
ISASP Update – Catherine Welch & Stephen Dunbar, ITP
Curriculum Adoption Protocol – Lisa Pulis, MISIC Team
And More!

The meeting will be broadcast via Zoom on Wednesday, February 11th from 9:00-11:00am. 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.

MISIC Quarterly Meeting #4 – 2025-2026
2026-04-22 09:00 - 11:00 | IA
Please join us on Zoom for the fourth and final MISIC Quarterly Meeting for 2025-26.

Join MISIC on Wednesday, April 22nd from 9:00am to 11:00am for our fourth quarterly meeting for 2025-2026.
The agenda for the meeting includes:

Legislative Update – Margaret Buckton, ISFIS
Professional Development Resources – MISIC Team

SkillsForce Update
License Renewal Credit
Upcoming Workshops

New Resources – MISIC Team

New Micro-Credentials for Writing Strategies
Social Studies Crosswalk and Resources
And More!

The meeting will be broadcast via Zoom. 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 for Every Learner: Balancing Rigorous Instruction with Tiered Support
2026-04-27 09:00 - 15:00 | City Church, 2400 Oakwood Road, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
MISIC is excited to partner with April Pforts, Christi Donald & Melissa Carlson from the Iowa Department of Education to offer this workshop for K-12 educators!
How do we maintain high expectations while supporting students who struggle? Join us to explore the intersection of high-quality Tier 1 instruction and effective Tier 2/3 interventions. We’ll examine what makes instruction “high-quality” in today’s classrooms and provide practical, evidence-based strategies for both whole-group instruction and targeted small group interventions.
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From Standards to Sensemaking: Designing Coherent Science Learning
2026-04-28 09:00 - 15:00 | City Church, 2400 Oakwood Road, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
MISIC is excited to partner with Dr. Chris Like from the Iowa Dept of Ed. to offer this dynamic workshop for K-12 educators!
What does meaningful alignment to Iowa’s new Academic Standards for Science look like in practice? This session explores how to design coherent, phenomenon-driven instruction that supports sustained student sensemaking. Through classroom examples and practical strategies, participants will examine key instructional shifts and leave with tools to create connected learning experiences that help students actively construct and apply scientific understanding.
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Supporting Struggling Adolescent Readers - Building the Skills That Make Understanding Possible
2026-04-29 09:00 - 15:00 | City Church, 2400 Oakwood Road, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
MISIC is excited to partner with Julie Sealine from the Really Great Reading to offer this impactful workshop for educators!
In adolescent classrooms, students are expected to read increasingly complex texts across content areas. Yet many students struggle with comprehension not because they lack thinking skills, but because the foundational processes that support understanding—automatic decoding, strong vocabulary knowledge, and fluent reading—are still developing.
This session explores how strengthening foundational reading skills helps adolescents move beyond decoding words to truly comprehend complex text. Participants will examine the role of decoding automaticity, vocabulary development, and fluency in building strong adolescent comprehenders and experience practical instructional routines designed for older students.
Participants will leave with ready-to-go strategies they can implement immediately to support adolescent readers on the path to deeper understanding, including the bridge to writing, complex vocabulary, summarizing, note-taking, and more!
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Special Education Planning Workshop for 2026-2027
2026-06-17 09:00 - 15:00 | City Church, 2400 Oakwood Road, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
MISIC is excited to partner again with Wendy Parker and Rapacious Learning to offer this workshop that is designed for special education administrators, district and building administrators, special education teacher leaders, and building teams who want practical guidance, tools, and systems they can immediately apply. Register now and join us on June 17th.
License Renewal Credit
Course Details – Special Education Planning 2026-27
Registration Form for License Renewal Credit

Transforming Leadership Together
2026-09-15 09:00 - 15:00 | City Church, 2400 Oakwood Road, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
Get ready for a day of fresh ideas, meaningful conversations, and practical strategies that make a real impact in schools! This engaging leadership experience brings together school leaders and administrators to connect, collaborate, and spark innovative thinking around teaching and learning. Through interactive discussions, creative table talks, and shared success stories, participants will explore powerful approaches to curriculum, instruction, assessment, and instructional leadership — all in an energizing atmosphere designed to inspire action. Leave with new connections, ready-to-use ideas, and renewed excitement for leading learning in your school community!
Check back soon for more details and registration!
