What is the Missouri Leadership Development System for new leaders? The Missouri Leadership Development System is a state-wide system of support and learning designed for new principals to help build their leadership capacity, and is offered at NO-COST! MLDS was first introduced in the 2017-18 school year with over 720 principals state-wide participating in regional cohorts. … [Read more...] about MLDS New Leaders – What’s Ahead
What's ahead for Missouri Migrant & English Language Learners Greetings from the southwest MELL! Did you know that in our region we have more than 5,000 EL students? That number will continue to grow. Along with this growth are the new ESSA guidelines which require not only professional development directed toward the education of English learners, but a new … [Read more...] about What’s Ahead; Migrant & English Language Learners
Summer Update: Missouri's Teacher Development System It’s time to celebrate! From setting up their classrooms to leading district-wide initiatives, Teacher Develop System participants saw so much growth this year! We completed our second year of Beginning Teacher Assistance & Paired Learning with new teachers from nine districts receiving on-going, year-long … [Read more...] about Missouri’s Teacher Development System
This Time of year... Regional trainings for MO SW-PBS are winding down for the school year, but Your School-wide Positive Behavior Support Consultants are busy making plans for next year! Training dates for the 2018-2019 school year have been set for Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 level PBIS schools. New next year - school teams have the option of attending training onsite in their … [Read more...] about MO SW-PBS Winds Down and Gears Up!
A Note from Dr. Marci Dowdy Hello, School Counselors: As the 2017-2018 academic years begins to wind down, I want to thank all of you being involved in a successful first year for the Career Pathways program. I'm really excited about the upcoming year! I wanted to share some updates from the many successes over the last few months and please be reminded that I am available … [Read more...] about Catching Up on Career Pathways / Career Advisor at MSU Agency for Teaching, Leading and Learning