Help MASA find fantastic speakers for the 2021 Fall Conference Has your district/organization had an intense focus on student and staff wellness during the pandemic? Do have experience attracting and retaining top talent? How...
Does someone you know have an expired teaching certificate? The Welcome Back Proud Michigan Educators campaign helps educators with expired credentials return to teaching by reducing or eliminating professional learning recertification requirements. The campaign recognizes these educators’ experience...
Connecting your School Community Through Parent Engagement Over the last year, finding community and building connections has been harder than ever before in our districts. Whether it’s a classroom trying to communicate about parent-teacher...
MASA is excited to announce the hiring of a new Administrative Assistant, Kim Fritz. Kim will serve as an assistant to MASA’s Executive Director Dr. Tina Kerr and assist with daily office operations and...
By James Haga, ThoughtExchange Account Executive A guiding principle at ThoughtExchange is: If you want to make someone feel valued and respected, ask them for their input into a decision that affects them. As you’ve all...
It’s May, which means there is so much to celebrate among the flowers! Not only are we nearing the end of a challenging school year, May is Teacher Appreciation Month in Michigan, a time...
Pearson Online and Blended Learning continues to work with Michigan school districts to combat declining enrollment and learning loss through virtual school partnerships. Increased community, parent, and student expectations coupled with tight budgets and staffing...
By Andrew Shaw, Client Executive and Education Practice Expert at Kapnick Insurance Welcome to that time of year where schools are chin-deep in budgets, working through the craziness of COVID, and planning for next...
This morning, Gov. Whitmer announced her path back to normal and to ease capacity limitations and gathering restrictions in Michigan. In the past, we have seen the pandemic response largely rely on various epidemic orders and somewhat unknown metrics. As...
LANSING – The Michigan Association of Superintendents & Administrators (MASA) today announced the growth of its leadership team with the addition of Dr. Brian Davis as the new Associate Executive Director for Professional Learning. Davis’ role, which formally begins on July 1, 2021, will focus on the development and implementation of several MASA programs, including...
