Opportunities

Follow the link below to find out about a secondary English position in Calumet, about how Michigan teachers can teach in Taiwan, and about dates for the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification.

http://sites.google.com/site/fueledarchive/Home/Dr.LaureneZieglerscanstuff.pdf?attredirects=0

Education Club Recognized for Toys for Tots Achievement

A collection for the (younger) ages

"Finlandia’s Maki Library has more than 3,200 books in children’s lit section."

Read the full article about Finlandia's children's literature section in the Daily Mining Gazette:


http://www.mininggazette.com/page/content.detail/id/503667.html

The Art of Teaching without Teaching

Ken Ken is the new math craze--and perhaps the new math instruction craze. Check it out at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/arts/09ken.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

Its developer was a Japanese educator who believes in the "art of teaching without teaching."

Education is all in the brain

"AS Department of Education officials consider how best to spend billions from the economic stimulus plan, they would be wise to pay attention to which programs actually help children’s achievement — and keep in mind that sometimes very small influences in children’s lives can have very big effects."

Read more of this NYT article at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/opinion/08nisbett.html?em

Annual Mean Michigan Elementary Education Teacher's Salary

$56,170

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_mi.htm#b25-0000

Tax Cuts for Teachers

One of the smartest stimulus moves we could make would be to eliminate federal income taxes on all public schoolteachers so more talented people would choose these careers. I’d also double the salaries of all highly qualified math and science teachers. . .

Read more great ideas on reviving the economy through improving the state of U.S. education from Thomas L. Friedman's opinion column in the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/opinion/11friedman.html?em