Speaking of Leading
“Shooting at a football game, in broad daylight with literally hundreds of people around? I am outraged.…There are demons lurking around this community. This entire community had better wake up.”
-Gerald D. Dawkins, superintendent of Saginaw School District , in the Saginaw News 10.25.07 regarding a shooting at a district football game.

Thousands of leaders and citizens mobilize to build a bipartisan, common ground agenda for Michigan’s future
Michigan’s Defining Moment Public Engagement Campaign kicks off with Community Conversations and an EnvisionMichigan Storytelling Competition with more than $30,000 in prizes... More>

Green Building Council launches Green Schools Web Site
A new web site launched by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) last month gives students, parents, teachers, school administrators, elected officials and community members a new resource in the effort to ensure a future of green schools for every child within a generation... More>

Edible Schoolyard teaches while it nourishes
Looking for a project that will promote healthy lifestyles while raising environmental awareness, offering urban renewal? More>

Top military, business, and education leaders graduate from Superintendents Academy
The Broad Superintendents Academy is a 10-month executive management training program run by The Broad Center to prepare working CEOs and other top executives from business, non-profit, military, government, and education sectors to lead urban public school systems... More>

Let SET SEG help you identify the best medical pooling option for your district Provisions of the new Public Employees Health Benefit Act now make it easier for districts to form insurance pools...More>

Quality data at reduced cost through new program for K12 districts
Pioneer in efficiency-building online survey solutions for public schools launches the “Let’s Get Started” program for K12 districts... More>

• Nominations sought for Winners' Circle - leaders making a difference
• Retirees to be honored at MASA Midwinter Conference
• Florida Retirees! Save this date for the MASEL meeting in Floriday -
  February 21, 2008
• Members in the news
  • Van Buren Superintendent shares crisis event media strategies
  • Ernando Minghine hosted by China for learning visit
  • Buletza honored by MSU extension for effort
  • Michael LeFeve, David Rice - Welcome to the Winners' Circle

• "Quick Reference" tool available
• Personal Curriculum: Reaching and Teaching All Students
• Teacher preparation programs receive performance scores
• Board endorses Flanagan's plan to improve teacher prep institutions

• November 8 th Drive In
• Darkening the Dotted Lines committee
• NCA/Voluntary Accreditation
• Title I Technical Assistant Grant

• Senate won't take up new education law
• Autism epidemic may be all in the label
• Voters urge teaching of 21st-century skills

• Are you a tech-savvy superintendent?
• eLearners.com outlines how to choose the right online school
• Cyber Safety Initiative helps students stay safe online
• Healthy School Environment recognition program
• Dispute resolving news
• E-Rate funding application window opened November 7
• Nominations now accepted for Closing the Technology Gap in Education program
• Tour Japan through the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund

• Classroom Assessment
  Jay McTighe
  Nov 30 - Macomb ISD
  MI Practitioners
  Feb 5, 2008 - Macomb ISD
• Site Based Professional Development: "On a Shoe String"
  May 7, 2008 - Kent ISD
• Superintendents continue to grow through SELF
• START: Superintendents Talking and Reflecting Together
• Victims Of Crime Act (VOCA) training series
  various dates

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