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Michigan Department of Education
2009 Pupil Auditing Manual - This manual provides guidance to ISD auditors on pupil auditing standards. A final version issued March 2008.
Pupil Accounting Manual - This manual provides guidance on pupil membership requirements and count procedures. (Provided by the Office of State Aid and School Finance).
Educational Entity Master (EEM) - The EEM is a repository that contains numbers and basic contact information regarding educational systems in the state of Michigan.
School Report Cards - The Michigan Department of Education annually makes a determination of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for all public elementary, middle schools, and high schools in Michigan. AYP evaluates schools and school districts in the areas of academic achievement, participation in state assessment, graduation rate for high schools, and student attendance for elementary and middle schools.
State Board CEU Program Listing - Provides teachers throughout Michigan with up-to-the-minute detail about courses and sessions, costs, credits, and contact information relating to the sessions.
Supplemental Educational Services - Under No Child Left Behind, some students in schools that have been identified as "in need of improvement" are eligible for supplemental services. Supplemental services are tutoring, small group, or computer instruction in reading or math provided before or after school, on weekends, or during the summer.
Teacher Certification Verification - Search to verify status of Michigan Teacher Certification.
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State of Michigan Educational Technology Plan 2010 - February 9, 2010
Introduction
The 2010 Educational Technology Plan includes the 2010-2012 goals and objectives of the Michigan State Board of Education and the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) related to increasing and improving learning options and outcomes for all Michigan PK-16 students through effective application of educational technology and data to inform instruction. The purpose of the Plan is to prepare ALL Michigan students to become productive citizens in a global society.
Goal 1. Teaching for Learning: Michigan students will have meaningful technology-enabled learning opportunities, including assistive technologies and virtual learning opportunities that develop proficiencies as defined by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (21stcenturyskills.org), required to become lifelong learners, including ethical, safe, and discerning behavior while using information and media technology.
Goal 2. Leadership: Michigan Department of Education (MDE) will continue to provide leadership for educational technology by expanding and developing transformative learning environments that increase student academic achievement.
Goal 3. Professional Learning: Michigan educators will have competencies in 21st Century Skills, especially information and media fluency, to enable the transformation of teaching and learning to improve student achievement.
Goal 4. School and Community Relations: Michigan school board members, parents, and community members will understand the impact educational technology, including virtual learning options and data have on informing and improving instruction. Schools, parents, and community members will be able to access and use school-level data to make meaningful decisions related to the education of all Michigan children.
Goal 5. Data and Information Management: Michigan educators will have access to data for effective classroom decision making and school improvement planning through an integrated local and statewide decision support system, and have access to professional learning opportunities to develop competencies in data-driven decision making.
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MEL.orgAdministered by the Library of Michigan in partnership with Michigan's libraries of all types, the Michigan eLibrary (http://mel.org) will provide all Michigan residents with free access to online full-text articles, full-text books, digital images, and other valuable research information at any time via the Internet; and provide an easy-to-use interlibrary loan system to allow Michigan residents to borrow books and other library materials for free from participating Michigan libraries.
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21things for the 21st Century Educator Based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T). The purpose of this course is to provide ”Just in Time” training through an online interface for K-12 educators based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T). These standards are the basic technology skills every educator should possess. In the process, educators will develop their own skills and discover what students need in order to meet the NETS for Students, as well as the new MMC Online Experience requirement. Participants who fulfill all of the requirements have the opportunity to earn SBCEU’s. To learn more about the session, look under the tab “The 21 Things”. We hope you take advantage of this unique opportunity. |
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REMC Association of Michigan
The Regional Educational Media Center Association of Michigan (REMCAM) is an organization committed to providing media and technology resources to Michigan’s students and teachers.
Through leadership, collaboration, future thinking, and the visionary use of technology, Michigan's REMCs promote equity and quality teaching and learning.
Current Initiatives
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MORE - Michigan Online Resources for Educators
In October 2008, the Michigan Department of Education finalized a State Education partnership with Thinkfinity. Thinkfinity.org is the Verizon Foundation's free, comprehensive Web site containing more than 55,000 educational resources, including standards-based, grade-specific, K-12 lesson plans, student interactive tools and reference materials. Many of these resources are currently available on MORE, and ALL will be available through MORE by mid-July 2009!
Content is provided through a partnership between the Verizon Foundation and 11 of the nation's leading educational organizations: the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the International Reading Association, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, National Center for Family Literacy, Council for Economic Education, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Council of Teachers of English, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, National Geographic Society, ProLiteracy and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
Thinkfinity.org also offers a free, robust professional-development program for teachers and trainers. For more information on this professional development, contact Karen Hairston at hairstonk@michigan.gov. |
