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New Michigan HIV Curriculum: Simplified Access and Free Grant Funding
Michigan Model for Health streamlines HIV curriculum for grades 7-12 with simplified access and integrated licensing starting August 2025. Teachers get digitized lessons, consolidated content, and everything in one place. Plus, Kent ISD offers free grant funding through November 1st to support curriculum adoption and implementation.
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Learn How to Unlock Your Students’ Future, One Passion at a Time
Educational Development Plans (EDPs) are often viewed by students as a boring and useless career interest survey that doesn’t actually help them. For teachers, it’s viewed as “just one more thing” that prevents them from completing their content instruction. For counselors, it’s “just one more thing” that has to fit somehow in-between IEPs, emotional crises,…
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Why It’s Important For School Employees To Be Trained in Human Trafficking
Every year since 2010, the President has dedicated the month of January to raising awareness about human trafficking and educating the public on how to identify and prevent this crime. Human Trafficking is when someone exploits another person through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of forced labor, commercial sex, or…
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Congratulations Kent ISD Partner Schools on MTSS Recognition of Excellence
While all of the districts in Kent ISD are engaged in this extremely difficult work, some are getting state-level recognition for this work. This fall MDE’s MiMTSS (Michigan’s Multi-Tiered System of Support) Technical Assistance Center sent out recognition to many districts throughout the state acknowledging their demonstrated improved outcomes for students through the implementation of…
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5 Tips for Educators to Plan Professional Learning
Now is the perfect time to prepare for professional learning for the 2022-2023 school year! Why Does Professional Learning Matter? According to neaToday, professional learning is an investment that helps educators ensure career growth and academic growth for students. Here are a few more reasons according to their article: It sets you up for success.…
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Rethinking How We Teach Computer Science
“From phones to cars to medicine, technology touches every part of our lives. If you can create technology, you can change the world.” Susan Wojcicki, SVP, Google We have all heard that computer science education is becoming more and more important, some even say urgent. But if you are not a computer teacher, does this…
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How Leaders Can Cultivate Emotional Resilience
In October, you were introduced to the concept of mental health hygiene and how caring for your mental health can fall into different categories (remember the self-care wheel). This month I want to continue the conversation, but switch gears to what administrators can do to help teachers improve their mental health hygiene. Administrators can help…
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Kent ISD Networks- Together We Can Do Anything
“Unity is strength…when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” by Mattie Stepanek. For many years, Kent ISD has been providing educators the opportunity to connect and collaborate with one another. Through a variety of networks, educators come together to share ideas, resources, and support. These networks are of greater need now…
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Kent ISD Provides Support for Implementing Remote Learning
The consultants at Kent ISD are combining efforts to provide support to districts as they begin to implement their Remote Learning plans. The Kent ISD Remote Learning Implementation Support Team (RLIST) will provide support in the following ways: Collaborate with district staff – listening, mentoring, checking in Connect with district staff to navigate resources and…
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One Common Resource for All Your Needs
The past few weeks my inbox has been flooded with every resource, webinar, and online service to help with the current school closures. Delete, delete, delete….my brain cannot handle all of the emails on top of trying to navigate my new normal for both my home and work life. I think we can all agree…