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OUR NEW ADDRESS IS:
MAMSE
1390 Eisenhower Place
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Phone: 734-677-5678
E-mail: mamseoffice@mamse.org
 

 

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Election

Nominations Wanted New August 2010   Click Here 

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     2010 Grant Recipient  New, August 2010

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Retiree Membership Options

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DONATE TO MAMSE

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Awards:  Congratulations to our Award winners.  Please click here  New January 2010

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ANNOUNCING

2011 41st Anniversary Conference

Coopersville Middle School

198 East Street
Coopersville, Michigan 49404

Phone: (616) 997-3400
 

March 17 - 18, 2011

For more information Contact:  

Alecia Powell please click on name to e-mail

Phone:  (734) 677-5678

 

 

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40th Anniversary Photos New March 2010

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June, 2009

Middle Grades Play Pivotal Role in Dropout Prevention

New report illuminates importance of middle grades in national goal of graduating all students ready for college, career, and civic life 

Based on more than a decade of research and development work, "Putting Middle Grades Students on the Graduation Path: A Policy and Practice Brief" illuminates the critical role the middle grades (grades 5 through 8) play in our national goal of graduating all students from high school prepared for college, career, and civic life.

The report identifies four key components of a unified middle grades improvement strategy and specific actions to increase academic achievement and improve graduation rates. Additionally, the report lists three major challenges to acting effectively on the insights generated by the research. 

For more: 

http://www.nmsa.org/blitz/balfanz060309.htm 

Putting Middle Grades Students on the Graduation Path: A Policy and Practice Brief 

Executive Summary

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  Michigan Schools to Watch  

 New March 2010

One exemplary Michigan middle-grades school has been identified as “Schools to Watch” as part of a recognition program developed by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform. The following Michigan school is receiving this distinction:

Coopersville Middle School - Coopersville, MI

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NEW Membership Benefit

Included in your membership with MAMSE is the ability to take advantage of a special program through Office Depot! You can purchase office products at significant discounts (up to 70% on most used items). This includes in-store purchases (with pre-setup swipe card), in-store copies and Internet orders (copies, printing orders, office supplies, promotional products and furniture).

How do I sign up?  Click on the logo below or Click here for more information.

Enrollment is easy - just click on logo. 

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Membership Renewal

Dual Membership - MAMSE and NMSA

Michigan Association of Middle School Educators and National Middle School Association

...Twice the Opportunity, Twice the Service

...Online application and payment  click here

...Application form to print click here

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MDE/NCA News

 

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August, 2008
As a Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) partner on the
Michigan Environmental Education Curriculum Support (MEECS) project, MAMSE is pleased to inform members of an update to the program.

MEECS has continued to generate positive feedback from educators across
the state, and we frequently receive requests for more workshops,
information, and materials. It is in response to these requests that the
following documents were produced.
The Michigan DEQ, in partnership with the Michigan Department of
Education (MDE) and Central Michigan University (CMU), is pleased to present
the Michigan Grade Level and High School Content Expectations
alignments for all five of the MEECS units. We hope that these alignments will
be a valuable resource for educators using MEECS. For more information
on MEECS or to download a copy of the Michigan Content Expectations
alignments, please visit our Web site at http://www.michigan.gov/deq-meecs.
We are excited to be able to provide the Content Expectations
alignments for the MEECS units and would like the opportunity to share them with
educators across the state.
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Change of Address

Newslink Updates

Spotlight on Success

Consultant Services

Interested in hosting a MAMSE Conference?

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Middle School Matters  New October, 2007 

This is a website and podcast for middle level educators by middle level educators. 

Want to join a discussion about middle school at your convenience and your time frame? Looking for some thoughtful ideas that center around middle school?  All of these things and more are possible when you visit Middle School Matters.  Middle School Matters is a new podcast and web site specifically for middle level educators. Featuring a weekly podcast, a couple of middle school educators discuss some of the important issues revolving around middle school educators, young adolescents, teaching and learning. Middle School Matters is a place for middle level educators to share ideas, dialogue with other educators and develop some new methodologies. All of this is provided for free. After listening to ourselves tell others that education is changing and needs to be done differently, we decided to put our “money where our mouth is” and do some professional development, networking, and more in a different way. Thus is born the Middle School Matters podcast and web site. We hope that you'll enjoy the offering (both the podcast and the web site) and hope that you'll help us build a supportive community to impact the learning and success of all students. 

Membership Renewal: If you need renew your membership please click here.  The cost is $30.  Click here for more membership options.

GRANT APPLICATIONS deadline is June 30, 2011.    Applicants will be notified in September and grant recipients will be published here.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS  Let us know if you have moved so that you can continue receiving MAMSE information.   E-mail MAMSE Membership with your change of address information or send a note to MAMSE, 1390 Eisenhower Place, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 Please be sure to include both your old and new address information.

NewslinkUpdates via e-mail:  Members receive weekly e-mail messages that include teacher tips, legislative updates and other middle school news.  If you are not receiving these, please notify  Alecia Powell by clicking on her name and on the subject line type request for MAMSE newslink updates.   Include your full name.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:  " What we do, we do for kids. And with all their differing abilities, talents, circumstances, and ambitions, kids have a way of skewing control charts, spreadsheets, and quality control databases. Consequently, we embrace kids before data and manage the system to their needs. No apologies."  From Jim Ballard's MASSP communication regarding the Standard and Poor's Education Report.

MAMSE Professional Development Consultant Services are now available.  Click here for more information.

Interested in hosting a MAMSE Conference?  Contact the MAMSE Office at (734) 677-5678 or e-mail us.

SPOTLIGHT ON SUCCESS - This is a feature for the MAMSE Journal.  This is an opportunity for you to share unique techniques, strategies, lessons, or motivators that have worked with middle level students.  These can be one paragraph or more.  Include the educator's name, title, school name, district name and city.  Submit to Dennis Schultz click here to e-mail.