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- Annual Education Conference
- President's Education Forums
- Emerging Leaders Program
- Summer Institute for Superintendents
- Internationalizing Michigan Education Annual Conference
- International Toolkit for Educators
The Office of K-12 Outreach develops, plans, coordinates and hosts a variety of events that respond to both emerging and enduring educational issues. Some of these issues become the topic of regularly scheduled events; others are addressed through individually tailored events that meet the needs of specific constituencies.
Twelfth Annual Education Conference -Date to be determined
New Legislator Orientation - January 13, 2009
Forums for 20078-2009 are scheduled as follows:
February 3, 2009
March 3, 2009
April 21, 2009(Topics to be determined)
(By invitation only)
About the forums
The President’s Education Forums, which have been held for the past 11 years, are an outreach strategy to inform policy makers and education leaders about current education policy issues and open discussion around research and best practice in specific education policy areas. These yearly forums are sponsored by MSU President Lou Anna Simon and by the College of Education through the Office of K-12 Outreach. This event, by invitation only, is well attended by state legislators and their staff members, State Board of Education members, Michigan Department of Education staff, leaders of local and intermediate school districts and association representatives.
Past Forums include the following topics:
Educating for a Global Economy: Implications for Michigan Schools: Dr. William Schmidt, Michigan State University Distinguished Professor, Co-Director of the Education Policy Center at Michigan State University; Co-principal Investigator, PROM/SE; Co-Director, US China Center for Research
Michigan Student Performance on the 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress: Dr. Shaif Shakrani, Co-Director of the Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, Professor, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education, MSU
Expectations for Michigan Students in Mathematics: Relevance, Rigor and Relationships in Proposed High School Content Expectations: Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University Distinguished Professor, Director, Division of Science and Mathematics Education; Co-Principal Investigator, PROM/SE
Teacher Quality: What Does This Mean for Michigan Policy Makers?: Dr. Robert Floden, Director, Institute for Research on Teaching and Learning, Michigan State University; Professor of Teacher Education, Educational Psychology, and Measurement and Quantitative Methods at MSU
Updates 0n No Child Left Behind: Dr. Shaif Shakrani, Co-Director of the Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, Professor, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education, MSU
Spending Public Money Wisely: Scaling Up Educational Intervention: Dr. Barbara Schneider, John Hannah Distinguished Professor, College of Education, MSU
The Emerging Leaders program, completing its tenth year in June 2008, is a collaborative program with the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP) and the Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association (MEMSPA). This three-day summer institute staffed by College of Education faculty, successful practicing principals, and the president and executive director of MASSP and MEMSPA provides potential school administrators an opportunity to develop leadership skills and an awareness of the knowledge and skills necessary to be a successful school principal.
The 2009 Emerging Leaders Program will be held June 16-18.
- Invitation
- Tentative agenda 2009 - Coming in January
Summer Institute for Superintendents
The 2009 Superintendents’ Institute is scheduled for June 24-26 at Crystal Mountain Conference Center in Thompsonville, Michigan. Look for details coming in March.
About the institute
The yearly institute, which began in 1999, is co-sponsored by the MSU College of Education and the University of Michigan’s School of Education. It provides superintendents with the highest quality professional development to meet today’s educational challenges by providing opportunities for superintendents to experience diverse perspectives on issues and develop leadership and problem solving strategies. Small group discussions and interactive sessions allow participants to interact with presenters, reflect and share ideas on best practice and educational issues.
Agenda & Registration forthcoming
2009 Internationalizing Michigan Education Conference
- International TOOLKIT for educators
All the economic, political and social trends point to the need for Michigan's students to be ready as never before to understand and engage in the wider world in which we live. The date for the third annual Internationalizing Michigan Education conference is to be determined. This conference helps participants situate Michigan in the international context, with special emphasis on areas and cultures - mainland Asia, the Indian sub-continent, sub-Saharan Africa and South America - that are likely to provide the greatest opportunities and challenges over the next 50 years. Interactive breakout sessions will include resources to help educators establish international perspectives in their own settings and participants will leave with a "toolkit" to use at the district and school levels.
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