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.
Early Childhood specialized boot camp training set for June
Save-the-Date: Early Childhood Specialized Boot Camp Training June 13-17 and June 20-24. For more information, please email earlychildhoodtrainings@mdek12.org.
Educators invited to Keats special exhibit at The MAX
The Mississippi Arts+ Entertainment Experience (The MAX), will formally open a special Ezra Jack Keats exhibition Saturday, Feb. 5 and all teachers and educators are asked to consider a field…
Balancing the Equation: Monthly PLC ‘Math Talks’ for math instructors is Feb. 15
The Mississippi Department of Education invites you to participate in the second installment of the monthly PLC “math talks” from 3:30 -4:30 p.m. Feb. 15, hosted by the K-12 Mathematics…
Districts should review teacher, teacher assistant info in MSIS by Feb. 4 for FY23 Teacher Pay Raise File Review
To ensure all teachers and teacher assistants are appropriately accounted for, the Mississippi Department of Education is asking districts to review and revise as necessary the information obtained from MSIS…
Deadline to enter National Board Certification info is Feb. 15
Districts have until 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, to enter all National Board information for nationally certified employees into Mississippi Student Information System (MSIS) to be eligible for a pro-rated…
Required mental health training available for school employees, personnel; Deadline is February 28
Required refresher training on mental health and suicide prevention is now available for all school employees and personnel. After training is complete, mental health assurance forms must be submitted by…
Mississippi U.S. Presidential Scholars candidates’ applications due Feb. 24
The 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program selected 88 Mississippi students as candidates for the national award. Students who have been selected as candidates have an opportunity to become a U.S….
APA notice of public comments about hybrid schedule option
On Jan. 20, the State Board of Education (SBE) granted approval of a temporary rule and to begin the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) process to revise the Miss. Admin. Code…
MDE Division of Literacy to host spring professional learning series
The Mississippi Department of Education’s Office of Elementary Education and Reading, Division of Literacy is announcing the Strong Readers! professional development series as its spring professional learning opportunity for coaches, teachers,…
MDE to submit ESEA waiver request for Corinth School District; public comments due Feb. 1
On behalf of the Corinth School District, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is submitting a waiver request to the United States Department of Education (USED) to request that Corinth…