This section of the EdUpdate includes important notifications from the Mississippi Department of Education to school and district superintendents and administrators. These announcements will remain posted for 90 days. View information about professional development opportunities and resources in other sections of the EdUpdate.
After School Academic Activities Cancelled? Fall Options for Your Students
Students need your help now more than ever finding Fall extracurricular and after school programs. Spring activities were cancelled almost everywhere and most summer programs were cancelled, as well. Many schools…
Getting to Know G Suite Enterprise for Education Webinar
We’re excited to announce a partnership with Google for Education to offer an exclusive discount* on G Suite Enterprise for Education to all Mississippi Department of Education schools. To learn…
Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities from the Office of School Improvement
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE), Office of School Improvement is pleased to announce virtual professional learning opportunities for administrators of Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI), Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI), Additional…
Read Aloud to a Child Week: Oct. 25-31
Read Aloud to a Child Week takes place October 25-31, 2020, and this year’s theme is Let Your Voice Be Heard. Our goal for this event is simply to promote…
MDE Offers New PD on Demand for Science and Mathematics
The Mississippi Department of Education’s Office of Professional Development is excited to announce new offerings for PD on Demand. Educators can now receive professional development in bite-sized chunks anytime, anywhere….
Four Mississippi Schools Receive National Blue Ribbon School Honors
U.S. Department of Education today recognized four Mississippi schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2020. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing…
Considerations for Coherent and Equitable Instructional Systems: Sept.-Nov. 2020
Considerations for Coherent and Equitable Instructional Systems (September-November 2020) will assist district leaders with revisiting and reflecting on their current plans for the 2020-21 school year. The process outlined in…
Mississippi Connects: Webinars on Hybrid Learning with Google and Screencasting
During this session, participants will learn to use the Google Chrome Extension Screencastify to create teacher-made videos and how to share these with students through Google Classroom. Adding videos to…
Webinar: Mississippi Seal of Biliteracy
The Mississippi Department of Education is pleased to announce a Mississippi Seal of Biliteracy webinar for teachers of World Languages or English learners, as well as district- and school-level administrators. …
New Teacher Resource Guides for Mississippi Alternate Academic Achievement Standards
The Office of Special Education is happy to announce that eleven additional Teacher Resource Guides (TRG), aligned with the Mississippi Alternate Academic Achievement Standards (MS AAAS), have been developed and added…