Upcoming Events –

MEA’s Center for Leadership & Learning has new professional development offerings, and MEA members who participate can choose to receive SCECHs for certificate renewal.

• Webinar Series – Open Doors Fall Series 2023. We can either face political, social, economic and environmental issues and events as impenetrable obstacles (walls) or as challenges we can solve and move through (doors). As the leaves turn, join us for this Fall series to learn, laugh, and lean on each other – the door of 2024 is before us.
• Book Study Series – 
  • The Center for Leadership & Learning department is ready to kick-off our next book study series featuring the title, Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators. The book study will be held on Tuesdays from 7:00-8:30 p.m. beginning October 24, 2023. See the attached flyer for the full meeting schedule. Space is limited and the deadline to register is October 20, 2023. For questions, please email Annette Christiansen at achristiansen@mea.org.

  • The Center for Leadership & Learning department continues our next book study series featuring the title, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States. The book study will be held on Mondays from 7:00-8:30 p.m. beginning October 30, 2023. See the attached flyer for the full meeting schedule. Space is limited and the deadline to register is October 26, 2023. For questions, please email Dorian Prier-Piloto at dprier-piloto@mea.org.

• Roundtable Discussions–

  • The Center for Leadership & Learning Department will be hosting a virtual Roundtable Discussion for those who identify as Chronically Ill or Disabled on October 16, 2023. A mini-training on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will also be offered during this discussion. A Survey Monkey registration link is attached to the flyer.

  • The Center for Leadership & Learning Department will be hosting a virtual Roundtable Discussion for Neurodiversity on October 23, 2023. A Survey Monkey registration link is attached to the flyer.

• Addressing Student Verbal & Physical Assaults– A series of virtual professional development offerings have been scheduled to address an increase in student verbal and physical assaults against staff which many districts are experiencing. Sessions will be held over Zoom on Oct. 3, Oct. 5, Dec. 5 and Dec. 7. Find full descriptions of the sessions and register for the ones you are interested in attending.

Substitute Teaching: The Roadmap to Success
Check out a new resource for anyone interested in substitute teaching.
This handbook provides background, best practices and tips to help new and
current subs to be successful in Michigan classrooms.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Changes to the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program (PSLF)  have
resulted in thousands of educators getting relief from student loan debt. Did
you know the deadline for applying to receive the one-year waiver is Oct.
31? Learn more and get important resources at www.mea.org/studentdebt.