MSTA 2010 Speakers Needed
Do you have a lesson or project you would like to share with the members of the Michigan Science Teachers Association?
We are now accepting on-line speaker proposals for the 2010 MSTA Annual Conference, Science on a Shoestring, March 4-6, being held at the Radisson Hotel and Lansing Center in Lansing, Michigan.
To apply on line, go to www.msta-mich.org and click the link on the home page.
MMSTLC Breakfast at the MCTM Conference
The MMSTLC Partners and Grand Valley State University are hosting a special networking breakfast for all cadre I and II participants at the MCTM conference. This will take place Friday, August 7, at the conference site (Dakota High School in Macomb, MI).
Participants need to register for the conference first, and then register for the breakfast here. More information can also be found through this link.
Summer Academy at University of Michigan-Dearborn.
The MMSTLC will hold the end-of-school Summer Academy on the Fairlane South Campus of the University of Michigan at Dearborn on June 15-19. This event will help us celebrate the achievements of all of our participants over the past year, and will focus on content specific teaching and professional development strategies. This session will bring together over 100 educators during the week to address a number of issues central to middle grades mathematics and science education.
Participants who are traveling will have accommodations at the Doubletree Inn in Dearborn. Registration for the Academy is complete,
so any requests regarding lodging or registration should be addressed to registration [at] mmstlc.net.
The agenda and maps are located below:
Fall Science Update – Call for Presenters
The Regional Math and Science Center is currently recruiting teachers, professors, and science consultants to present K-12 science sessions during the annual Fall Science Update. This full-day conference will take place on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Eberhard Center, located on Grand Valley State University’s downtown Grand Rapids campus.
We welcome hour-long science sessions on current content information and teaching strategies in biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, environmental science, physical science, and technology. We also encourage sessions that will feature successful teaching strategies and tools for the classroom. Opportunities for student learning adventures, both as field trips and/or classroom experiences, may also be presented.
The deadline for presenter applications is Friday, June 5, 2009. Please download a presentation form for the Fall Science Update on our website at www.gvsu.edu/rmsc or contact Margo Dill at (616) 331-2272 or dillm@gvsu.edu for additional information.
The brochure for this year’s event will be mailed out to schools in early October, 2009.
MCTM / T3 Conference
The Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics is presenting their annual conference and institute at Dakota High School in Macomb, Michigan. The conference will take place on August 6-7, featuring keynote presentations from Hung-His Wu and our own Judy Flowers, as well as dozens of breakout sessions on a variety of topics.
The Institutes on August 4 and 5, feature one and two day sessions focusing on specific issues for mathematics teachers in a far more focused environment.
For more information, check the MCTM website at www.mictm.org.
The 2nd Michigan Joint Education Conference is coming soon!
Focusing on the conference theme of “Connecting 21st Century Learning”, this conference addresses the use of highly relevant integrated curriculum in Michigan schools. MSTA (Michigan Science Teachers Association), MCTM (Michigan Council for Teacher of Mathematics), MCSS (Michigan Council for the Social Studies), MAMSE (Michigan Association of Middle School Educators), and MACUL (Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning) have all joined together to bring needed information to teachers!
There will be over 60 presentations we have this year, and the 11 groups who have joined in this effort also include:
The groups are:
- MAASE – MI Association of Administrators of Special Education
- MAISD – MI Association of Intermediate School Administrators
- MAME – MI Association of Media in Education
- MASA – MI Association of School Administrators
- MASCD – MI Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
- MBEA – MI Business Education Association
- MCEC – MI Council for Exceptional Children
- MCTE – MI Council of Teachers of English
- MMSCH – MI Mathematics & Science Centers Network
- MSDA – MI Staff Development Council
- REMC – Regional Educational Media Centers for Michigan
Everyone has joined together to bring lessons that will cover more than one strand…..also, we will have over 50 vendors with information and materials to help you.
AND - the price is ONLY $49 for members…..so, if you are a member of any of the 16 groups listed above, you can come for $49…..and that includes breakfast and lunch! (Non-member registration is $79).
Don’t wait – early registration ends June 5, 2009 – after that, there is a late fee!!
For full details and the registration form, go to: www.mijec.org
Math/Science Partnership Conference
The MMSTLC partners are participating in the U.S. Department of Education’s “Math and Science Partnership Conference” to share ideas, findings, and strategies with other MSP programs from around the country. In addition to learning about new ideas and networking with colleagues, the MMSTLC is presenting a session about their project. Want to find out more? Check below for slides and handouts from the session.
More Conference Presentations
March is a busy month for conferences, and this year was no different for our leaders and participants. MMSTLC was well represented at a number of conferences and other professional events for mathematics and science teachers this year.
First, the MSTA (Michigan Science Teacher Association) annual conference provided several opportunities to learn about the project, and some of the specific topics or issues addressed in our science programs. Also, a number of our participants presented sessions on topics or strategies they have been focusing on in the past year. For more information, see the MSTA session page on our site.
Next, the MACUL (Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning) conference, held two weeks later in Detroit, showcased some of our knowledge and application of technology issues for education. Click here to see list of sessions and handouts.
Later that week, several participants and leaders headed to New Orleans for the NSTA (National Science Teacher Association) Convention, where our own Stephen Best presented an in-depth session on Web 2.0 tools for the science classroom. We’ll post more about the conference later, but you can see the slides and handouts for this session here:
Finally, Judy Flowers and the University of Michigan – Dearborn hosted the Conversations Among Colleagues conference for mathematics education.
Congratulations to all presenters and organizers on a job well done.