MRVED Business

Upcoming Meetings
January 8, 2016  Title III Paraprofessionals
January 13, 2016  Community Ed
January 15, 2016  Principals' Council (11:30 a.m.)
January 18, 2016  MELT (LQPV High School)
January 27, 2016  Superintendents' Council

Happy New Year
This is the last update of 2015.  We hope you have a restful and peaceful break.  The MRVED offices will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and will be operating on a limited schedule December 28 - January 1.  If you plan to stop by the office during this week, please call to make sure someone is in the office (320-269-9297).  Happy New Year and enjoy your break.

Best Practice Meeting Updates
World Languages
The World Language teachers gathered at the MRVED on December 8th for their annual best practice meeting.  This group is always very talkative and obviously passionate about their content area.  The morning was spent participating in an activity on grading practices.  There was some awesome discussion over each scenario presented.  The group then had the opportunity to showcase an activity they use to teach vocabulary.  It was a great activity where many different activities were shared.  Lunch was spectacular as usual.  In the afternoon the group networked and had the opportunity to hear Brandon talk about lesson planning with technology.  Another great meeting with a great bunch of passionate educators!

Social Studies
Brandon's favorite group ;-) (Disclaimer: Brandon is a social studies teacher).  The social studies group started the meeting off like all other best practice meetings, with the activity on grading practices.  The discussion was deep and reflective from this group.  After talking grading, the group aligned their curriculum and courses to the current standards.  The laughter and discussion over lunch was fun to take part in.  The afternoon consisted of networking and Brandon talking lesson planning with technology.

TAC & Principal Meetings
Our December TAC and Principal meetings were cancelled and will not be rescheduled.

MELT Registration
You have less than a week to register.  See the other blog post for more information.  So far 400+ people have registered and a number of sessions are closed.