Time to Register! Making Middle School Memorable

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Making Middle School Memorable

Engage, Excite, Empower

For more information about registration:

http://mainemamle.org/conference/registration/

wallace_alexander@umit.maine.edu

What motivates us to work harder, be more innovative, and thus more effective in our schools? According to Daniel Pink in his book Drive, there are three motivators that cut across cultures and professions—autonomy, mastery, and purpose. The MAMLE Conference, Making Middle School Memorable: Engage, Excite, Empower, relates to all three of Pink’s motivators:

The concurrent sessions reflect the outstanding work educators do when they are given autonomy to develop approaches that engage, excite, and empower their students.
Attending the MAMLE conference provides an opportunity for middle grades educators to learn from one another and thus improve their mastery of working effectively with 10-14-year-olds.
Joining with middle grades educators from across our great state develops a sense of purpose that extends beyond preparing students for the next test or the next grade. Rather, we join together to build a greater common purpose of ensuring that all of our students thrive as they move through life.

Making Middle School Memorable: Engage, Excite, Empower will rejuvenate attendees’ commitment to teaching and learning with young adolescents. Invariably, many will be inspired to adapt new ideas to their own situation back at school. Others will be driven to reflect on their own practice and work to make it more effective. The end result? More students will experience a learning environment that is engaging, exciting, and empowering. Their middle school years will be memorable.

Each day of the conference will begin with a keynote related to our theme:

Thursday: Tom Burton—Magic and Motivation in the Middle
Friday: Maine author Phillip Hoose—If Adults Wouldn’t Do It, We Would: Stories of Youth Empowerment

Over the two days, we offer 30+ concurrent sessions. That means there are over 900 possible combinations of sessions an attendee might put together! Every attendee will be able to customize the conference to fit their interests.

Here are just a few examples of how an attendee might personalize the conference offerings:

Sessions of high interest to….

School Leaders

Thursday’s keynote: Magic and Motivation in the Middle
Everyone’s a Leader
What Does Your Dash Stand For? Creating a Positive School Climate and Culture
Teaching the Verb: Meeting Standards Through project-Based learning
Leadership Roundtables
Family and Community Relationships

image of Mt. Ararat students — Mt. Ararat Middle School

Those seeking approaches that empower students and personalize learning

Friday’s keynote: If Adults Wouldn’t Do It, We Would: Stories of Youth Empowerment
Creating Curious, Curious, and Engaged Citizens
The Power of Stories
Spotlight on Integrated Curriculum
Group Challenges and Problem Solving
Teaching MCL: Putting Plans Into Practice
Voice and Choice
Port Clyde Fisheries Trail Map
Bringing the Samantha Smith Challenge to Your Classroom

Attendees wishing to deepen their understanding of effective literacy instruction in the middle grades