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Branding for Schools What is your school’s brand?  How do you convey it?  Who conveys it? These are of the few of the questions we will address in this session, which will be co-lead by Jerry Johnson, Assistant Superintendent for Legislation and Education Policy, and Melinda Waffle, Educational Technology Consultant.   Purposes of the day’s activities - Define branding & understand why it matters Begin a plan for management your brand to build vision & consistency Plan for creating credibility with transparent communication on multi modes This session is appropriate for superintendents, principals, teacher leaders, curriculum & technology personnel.   Date : March 30, 2017 Time : 8:30 - 12:30 (lunch provided) Where : Calhoun ISD (Marshall) Cost : FREE to REMC 12E educators       $10 for those outside REMC 12E The Morning’s Agenda Please register here . About the #CISDInspire Network The g...

What’s This Breakout EDU Box Thing? Breakout EDU - a new fad or a valid method for learning? It’s hard to know until you experience one for yourself.  This workshop will begin by dividing into teams whose challenge is to break into a Breakout EDU box.  It sounds simple, but will require teamwork, creative problem solving, and thinking outside the “box” to accomplish the breakout. Purposes of the day’s activities - Experience a Breakout EDU Box activity Discuss the impacts of Breakout EDU on educational learning Walk through the setup process and materials needed Create a modified Breakout EDU activity This session is appropriate for superintendents, principals, all teachers, curriculum & technology personnel.  Breakout EDU boxes can be used with staff for professional development/team building, or in the classroom. Date : February 3, 2017 Time : 8:30 - 12:00 Where : Calhoun ISD (Marshall) Cost : FREE to REMC 12E educators  ...

#CISD Inspire Workshops on Relevant topics that involve Education & Technology Our next #CISD Inspire workshop will be May 19 on the topic of educational records.   This workshop will focus on many aspects of educational records - what they are, the laws about them, and protection & retention practices.  One portion of the workshop will be a refresher on FERPA.  We encourage REMC12E districts to send a team to this workshop as this topic impacts so many district roles. For more information, please refer to this flyer .  This workshop is free for educators from REMC12E School Districts (in Branch and Calhoun counties).

The fall REMC 12E #CISD Inspire session is next week.  This session will focus on  making data useful .  Some key questions we will look at: How do we want to use data in our school districts? How can data collection be useful and efficient? When : September 22, 2015, 8:30-11:30 Where : Calhoun ISD (Marshall) Cost : FREE Audience : This session is appropriate for superintendents, principals, teacher leaders, curriculum & technology personnel, and any other school employees who work with your district data. Agenda:  https://docs.google. com/a/calhounisd.org/document/ d/ 1EZJJkt79Bt8zDDjNHXUhqKTerN74_ XBEPBYIln3Mc18/edit?usp= sharing Registration :  http://goo.gl/ forms/PUdHHrGDjj Lunch will be served at 11:30 - it is optional, please indicate when registering if you will be joining us.