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2022 Nonpublic Schools Legislative Day |
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Join MANS and your nonpublic school colleagues across the state for a day of legislative visits, speakers and more!
Date: March 22, 2022
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: St. Mary Cathedral Parish Hall, 219 Seymour Street, Lansing, Michigan
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The petition drive currently underway would place the issue before the legislature, which if passed, would not require the governor’s signature to become law. The effort to obtain signatures will be headed by Let Michigan Kids Learn, and a coalition of organizations including the Michigan Catholic Conference (MCC) and the Michigan Association of Non-public Schools (MANS).
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The Affordable Connectivity Program |
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The Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC benefit program that helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more.
The benefit provides a discount of up to $30 per month toward internet service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase price.
The Affordable Connectivity Program is limited to one monthly service discount and one device discount per household.
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A Round 3 of EANS I will be forthcoming from MDE any day now. There is $5.3 million of unallocated EANS I (CRSSAA) funding that nonpublic schools will be eligible to apply for. It is not entirely clear what the application process will be like. It very well could be first come – first serve, which means be ready to apply as soon as you get a notification from MDE that the process is open.
The EANS II (ARP) re-application is still at the Michigan Department of Education awaiting submittal to the USDE. These funds will be limited to nonpublic schools that meet a specific low income threshold. As soon as we learn more information it will be shared with MANS membership.
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Improving Water Quality in Michigan Schools and Child Care Facilities Webinar Series |
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The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s (EGLE) School and Child Care Drinking Water Program is offering a series of four free webinars. These webinars will be offered one per month starting in February. EGLE will discuss ways to improve drinking water quality within the building to protect the health of young children and students and will provide information about free resources to accomplish these things. Each webinar will be recorded and posted online when available.
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National Catholic Schools Week - January 30 - February 5, 2022 |
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National Catholic Schools Week, January 30 through February 5, 2022, is almost here. The gifts of Catholic schools include faith formation, academic excellence, service to others and living the gospel message. To help celebrate this week, the daily themes and liturgies can be found in the updated Catholic Schools Week and Year-Round Marketing Kit. Products to help accent your school’s festivities can be ordered now.
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COVID Testing in K-12: A "How To" Webinar |
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Join the U.S. Department of Education for a webinar to help schools and systems start or strengthen their school-based COVID-19 testing program, with participants including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), The Rockefeller Foundation and others. This will be an opportunity to ask questions and hear directly from technical experts and school and district leaders who are regularly testing, including around:
- Why is testing in schools important?
- What should I know before I start?
- What are some resources that can help me get started and what are the financial resources available for testing?
- What is Test to Stay and how are other schools doing it?
This webinar is on Friday, February 4 from 1:30-2:30p.m. EST. There will be a Q&A session for 20 minutes afterwards for those with additional questions.
Register for the webinar here.
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New COVID Testing Effort for Nonpublic Schools |
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A copy of the press release announcing the program is here.
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MESC Professional Learning |
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MESC Professional Development Survey |
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The Michigan Equitable Service Collaborative (MESC) seeks input on the professional learning needs of Michigan’s non-public classroom educators and administrators.
The MESC was created to identify the professional development needs of non-public educators in the state and to coordinate training to address those needs. These opportunities are deeply discounted, offering your schools access to high quality training that won't break the professional development budget. This Title IIa funded program is managed by MANS with a committee comprised of diverse non-public school administrators from across the state.
Administrators are asked to complete this survey and to forward it to classroom educators in their building today. The survey deadline has been extended to February 11, 2022.
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Using Tech Tools to Promote Learning - FREE Virtual Professional Learning - NEW DATES! |
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Education is awash in technology. But is it really promoting student growth? In this workshop, learn how to classify and evaluate the different uses of technology in the classroom, as well as specific tools and strategies that will help you leverage the latest technology in the best possible way to increase student understanding. Reflect on the technology used in distance and hybrid learning and determine how to effectively implement tech tools in your in-person classroom.
Register for one, two or all sessions, which are offered in February, 2022 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on each date.
Setting the Stage: EdTech Framework
- February 8 (K-5th grade teachers)
- February 10 (6-12th grade teachers)
Lessons Learned: Evaluating Tools from Remote Learning
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February 15 (K-5th grade teachers)
- February 17 (6-12 grade teachers)
Take Action: Putting Ideas into Practice
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February 22 (K-5th grade teachers)
- February 24 (6-12th grade teachers)
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Administrators around the country are still grappling with the challenges of educating during a pandemic, but school improvement plans are as important as ever, and they aren’t going to write themselves! Join us for this 1-hour virtual event to learn and share best practices on creating winning school improvement plans for 2022-23. Topics of discussion include:
- Funding Considerations
- Goal Setting and Prioritization
- Resource Identification and Allocation
- Effective Communication of Plan
You’ll receive a physical package to complement the event, as well as access to resources that can support you and your teachers. We promise it will be an informative and enjoyable session. Let’s do this!
Date and time: Wed, February 9, 2022 from 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM EST
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Join Caitlin Dillon, Ph.D., IDA-SLCT, OFS for an online Logos workshop, for teachers of pre-readers and pre-writers:
- Day One: Friday, February 11, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon
- Day Two: Friday, February 18, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon
The cost of the workshop is $144 which includes a Logos binder of materials.
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State Continuing Education Clock Hours |
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Educator Certificate Renewal |
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Educator certificate renewals have begun:
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Schools should begin the annual review of staff credentials for 2022. Remind educators with a credential expiring June 30, 2022 to log into the Michigan Online Educator Certification System (MOECS) to begin updating account information. Certificates may be renewed beginning January 1 without any loss of validity.
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Educators work with your schools to ensure you are ready for the 2022-2023 academic year. Log into the Michigan Online Educator Certification System (MOECS) to check the status of a credential and professional learning to proactively prevent an accidental lapse. While there is no state issued or legal penalty to an educator for a lapsed credential, educators are responsible for maintaining valid Michigan credentials.
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Non-public School Partner Update |
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Students reading below grade level? Beyond Basics delivers data-driven literacy solutions—90% of students in the program achieve grade-level movement in an average of six weeks.
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Enter to Win Books from Scholastic Book Fairs |
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Diverse books help children to broaden their understanding of the world by seeing themselves and others in words, images and stories. Celebrate diversity in your school or classroom with this specially curated book assortment from Scholastic Book Fairs.
The Meemic Foundation, in collaboration with Scholastic Book Fairs, will award 29 selected schools with a preselected assortment of over 300 diverse books for the K-6 grade reader, primarily hardcover and library-bound titles with a few paperbacks mixed in!
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Welcome Friendzy as a MANS Business Partner! |
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Friendzy provides low burden turn-key SEL for students K-8th grade. The Friendzy program teaches SEL skills one time a week for 20-40 minutes using low-burden, turn-key social-emotional learning tools and resources including:
- A “Return to School SEL Plan”
- SEL Curriculum for K-8th grade with digital supplements
- Workbooks for all students
- Year-Long PD and Continuing Education
- Family and Community Resources
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Spend Your EANS Funds on Catapult Learning’s COVID Recovery Services |
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It’s not too late to take advantage of your EANS (Emergency Assistance for Non-Public Schools) funding! Help your students reduce summer and COVID learning loss and prepare them to start the new school year on the right foot with Catapult Learning’s COVID Recovery services. Catapult's established solutions for non-public schools as well as our COVID Recovery Program combine to meet the academic and social-emotional needs of students, families, and school communities. Best of all, our programs can be customized to fit the unique needs of your school.
Click here to learn more about EANS funding and how Catapult Learning can help you invest in your students.
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Implement Free School-Wide SEL Programming |
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With support from the state of Michigan, the most comprehensive mental health and prevention education program and social emotional learning (SEL) programming is now available to schools and districts at no cost! This highly customizable, scaffolded curriculum contains more than 1,000 lessons that address real issues that K-12 students encounter every day. Administrators can utilize free data reporting to see the real-time effectiveness of the SEL and mental health lessons.
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