The Michigan Council for History education (MCHE) provides in-depth updates each month via their e-Notes Newsletter. Although the website does not provide a way to sign up to receive them, you can access them here. Occasionally, I will post them here and create a link to the attachments.

Via National Council for History Education NCHE invites proposals from K-12 and University teachers, historians, public history and education professionals for our 2017 National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.  Are you interested in presenting a Breakout Session, Poster Session or Mini Session at the conference?  We hope to see you on March 30 - April 1, 2017 … Continue reading Educators Interested in Presenting

Mt. Morris Consolidated Schools is seeking a Secondary Social Studies Teacher with an Michigan RX Certification. Interested applicants can apply through Mid-Michigan Area Public School Consortium.

Last week my article Five Steps to Motivate Students to Mastery was published in ASCD Express. The idea presented in the article was a result of thinking differently about how educators might convince upper elementary and secondary students to value engaging in academic work more for the sake of learning than earning "points". I am interested in … Continue reading Five Steps to Motivate Students to Mastery

@GeneseeISD serves tens of thousands of students and thousands of teachers throughout the Genesee County, Michigan, area. Last year many of you know we piloted a new professional development catalog and registration system. Over the summer of 2016 we took everything we learned from the pilot and have officially launched the new system. Everyone who uses the … Continue reading New PD Catalogue Is Here