MESPA Institute 2020

New this year, Spark Sessions are 30-minute sessions with a specific topic or challenge in mind. These sessions are optional to attend. Not seeing a session that meets your needs? Feel free to check out our great exhibits, do some shopping at the Book Fair, or grab some coffee with a colleague!

New this year, Spark Sessions are 30-minute sessions with a specific topic or challenge in mind. These sessions are optional to attend. Not seeing a session that meets your needs? Feel free to check out our great exhibits, do some shopping at the Book Fair, or grab some coffee with a colleague!

To be successful with an at-risk population of students, all you need are talented staff and strong relationships, right? When staff move on, relationships leave with them, creating a void in the system. What is your plan then? In this session, hear about Pinewood Elementary’s student support evolution. Over the course of seven years, they moved from a reactive behavior center model, to decentralized behavior response, to clear and proactive multi-tiered systems of support. In this session, hear about the lessons Pinewood learned along the way and reflect on your own building’s systems and sustainability.

Link to presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Sv-wMPCMX6OGmrs3Xi0wv2Q_Q5ZjmuQXvjERrn9q3D4/edit#slide=id.g35f391192_00

New this year, Spark Sessions are 30-minute sessions with a specific topic or challenge in mind. These sessions are optional to attend. Not seeing a session that meets your needs? Feel free to check out our great exhibits, do some shopping at the Book Fair, or grab some coffee with a colleague!

In this session, we will provide information and have informed dialogue with administrators about evidence-based approaches that can help families with young children promote their families competence, confidence, and enjoyment of their child’s learning.

New this year, Spark Sessions are 30-minute sessions with a specific topic or challenge in mind. These sessions are optional to attend. Not seeing a session that meets your needs? Feel free to check out our great exhibits, do some shopping at the Book Fair, or grab some coffee with a colleague!

Come learn from other principals that have taken the time to collaborate and build a digital folder that supports professional development, positive staff culture, and other strategies that you can start using on Monday.

New this year, Spark Sessions are 30-minute sessions with a specific topic or challenge in mind. These sessions are optional to attend. Not seeing a session that meets your needs? Feel free to check out our great exhibits, do some shopping at the Book Fair, or grab some coffee with a colleague!

In this presentation, Al Levin will share his story of two major bouts of depression, one so debilitating that it required him to take five weeks off of work. Through this presentation, audience members will learn the importance of sharing stories, self-care, and the care of others.

New this year, Spark Sessions are 30-minute sessions with a specific topic or challenge in mind. These sessions are optional to attend. Not seeing a session that meets your needs? Feel free to check out our great exhibits, do some shopping at the Book Fair, or grab some coffee with a colleague!

Gorski’s structural mindset and Khalifa, Gooden, and Davis’s Culturally Responsive School Leadership (CRSL) Framework will be synthesized to underpin leadership action that addresses the opportunity gap. Participants will be better equipped to recognize and combat the bias and inequity that undermine educational engagement for students experiencing poverty. Attendees will be introduced to strategies that will help improve schools, particularly for the most marginalized students. Every participant will leave this session with at least one activity, effort, or initiative to implement in his/her school to better serve students and families experiencing poverty.

New this year, Spark Sessions are 30-minute sessions with a specific topic or challenge in mind. These sessions are optional to attend. Not seeing a session that meets your needs? Feel free to check out our great exhibits, do some shopping at the Book Fair, or grab some coffee with a colleague!

According to data from the American Community Survey for the U.S. Census Bureau, roughly 3% of school-aged (5-17) children in the U.S. are not being educated in any setting. The World Education Forum-USA is organizing representatives in each state to share this startling information. What does this look like in Minnesota? Bring your laptop or tablet to access the WEF-USA website to examine the data. Questions to explore: Where are they? Why are they missing? What can be done?