Save the Date
The Michigan Department of Education will hold the 2023 Fall Continuous Improvement Conference on Thursday, October 19, 2023, at the Comfort Inn & Suites in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
The theme of this year’s conference is “Continuous Improvement: Leveraging Systems, Strategies, and Supports to Impact Outcomes for All Students.”
Hotel Information
Mt. Pleasant Comfort Inn
2424 S. Mission Street
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Cost: $85/ night
Cut-off Date: Friday, September 29, 2023
To reserve a room, please call 989-772-4000 and reference the MDE Continuous Improvement Conference for the rate.
Submit an RFP
The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is seeking proposals to address the theme, “Continuous Improvement: Leveraging Systems, Strategies, and Supports to Impact Outcomes for All Students at the Fall 2023 Continuous Improvement Conference. This year’s conference will allow participants to register for in-person or virtual attendance. Presenters are asked to consider the conference theme and strands when submitting a request for proposal (RFP). Districts/Schools demonstrating successful implementation of this theme are especially urged to apply.
RFP submissions are for Thursday, October 19, 2023
RFPs are due no later than June 30, 2023.
Keynote Speaker Kurt Russell, 2022 National Teacher of the Year
Kurt Russell, a history teacher from Oberlin High School in Ohio, was selected as the 2022 National Teacher of the Year by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). He teaches courses like U.S. history, International Baccalaureate History of the Americas, African American history, and Race, Gender and Oppression. He was born and raised in Oberlin and attended the same school where he now teaches. He is also the school’s head varsity basketball coach and the faculty adviser to the Black Student Union. He was inspired by his first Black male teacher and focuses on cultural relevance and diverse representation in his classes.
Russell strives to empower every student in his classroom – to make sure they are seen and heard, and that “we as adults are listening to them.”