JANUARY

A Little Birdy Told Me: Repeat Tweet Champ

I use social media because it allows me to connect with educators all over the state and honestly, the country. Administration can be a lonely place when there are only a few people in similar positions in your school district and it is nice to get great new ideas from other districts as well as see that the issues we sometimes face in our building are happening in many places. We are all in this together!

– Jenni Thunberg

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At Regional Connect events, both advisers and students experience planned schedules tailored to their needs. Advisers share some large group activities with their students, but also attend meetings with other advisers led by Matt Alley, MASSP Associate Director of Student Services.

Meeting at the Summit helps administrators finish their year strong. Next year’s event will move from Crystal Mountain Resort to Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant, conveniently located where the conference will provide the same benefits.

Meeting at the Mountain Draws

APs, ADs & Deans

At least a third of the people in the room stood up when Wendy Zdeb, MASSP Executive Director, asked who were new administrators at the 2023 AP Summit. Cheers came from all around the room in support of those who’ve joined the administrator ranks; nearly every table was seated to capacity for the largest Summit crowd we’ve seen in years.

Second year administrator from Simpson Middle School, Brandon Reaume, was in touch with his staff to implement something he learned while at the conference before the event was even over.

TWINNING!

During the evening hospitality event, MASSP staff noticed that our own Ryan Cayce, and Eric Gaston, Northwestern High School Dean of Culture, were sporting nearly identical outfits. Both were sure to stay warm in their Up North-appropriate attire.

“‘No Place For Hate’ – this was a resource Joe Bell mentioned in his diversity speech that I already shared with our social worker and counselor and they loved the site,”Reaume said. “We plan to implement the videos and questions that go along with them.”

Gathering for the hospitality event the first night provided time for attendees to continue networking while they enjoyed food and live music. The chance to collaborate with peers during Hot Topics discussions, learn from presentations on legislative updates and current education laws, and engage in relevant breakout sessions provided leaders the opportunity to reflect on practice and think forward to the rest of the school year and beyond.

Regional Connect Conferences Provide Mid-Year Opportunities

With meetings from coast to coast, these one-day workshops allowed dynamic student leaders to compete and present the very best programs and school initiatives they’d developed over the last year. When students were not competing they took part in service projects, curricular lessons and learned new ideas they could take back to their own schools. The best presentations were voted on and earned a ticket to present to 1,600+ students at the Student Leadership State Conference. Throughout the day, Michigan Student Leadership Board of Delegates and College Volunteer Facilitator Corps members (mostly fomer MASC/MAHS students) guided movement of students to presentations and led them through group activities.

attendees 1,600+ 96 schools