Educational Resources

 

 

Frequently Used Phone Numbers

 

» MPE State Office

601-355-5517
1-800-523-0269

» Institutions of Higher Learning

Academic Affairs

601-432-6501

Financial Aid

601-432-6997
1-800-327-2980

GEAR UP Mississippi

601-432-7876

» Mississippi Department of Education

Accreditation

601-359-3764

Leadership & Professional

Development

601-359-3954

Licensure

601-359-3483

SPED

601-359-3498

Student Assessment

601-359-3052

» Mississippi Legislature

House Switchboard

601-359-3770

Senate Switchboard

601-359-3267

» Public Employees’ Retirement

System (PERS)

601-359-3589
1-800-444-7377

» State Board for Community and Junior Colleges

601-432-6518


State Agency Resources

State of Mississippi

Institutions of Higher Learning
 » Academic and Student Affairs
 » Financial Aid

MAGNOLIA

Mississippi Department of Education
 » Accreditation
 » Curriculum & Instruction
 » Leadership & Professional Development
 » Licensure
 » SPED
 » Student Assessment

Mississippi Legislature

Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS)

State Board for Community and Junior Colleges

Mississippi K-12 Curriculum Resources

 » Advanced Learning and Gifted
 » Foreign Language
 » Library Media
 » Mathematics
 » Physical Education/Comprehensive Health
 » Reading, Early Childhood & Language Arts
 » Science
 » Social Studies
 » Visual and Performing Arts

Classroom Grants and Resources

 » DonorsChoose.org
 » Discover Lesson Plans
 » ING Unsung Heroes Grants/Awards
 » Mississippi Teacher Center’s TEACHERtalk
 » Response to Intervention/Teacher Support Team

Teacher Awards and Recognition

Best Practices
 » ASCD Outstanding Young Educator Award
 » Freida J. Riley Award
 » Milken Family Foundation
 » National Teachers Hall of Fame

Economics/Finance Teachers
 » Mississippi Council on Economic Education

Foreign Language Teachers
 » American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Math Teachers
 » Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

Science Teachers
 » National Association of Geoscience Teachers
 » National Science Teachers Association
 » Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching

Social Studies/History
 » Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Teacher of the Year Award
 » National Council for the Social Studies Awards
 » VFW's National Citizenship Education Teachers' Award

Special Education Teachers
 » National Association of Special Education Teachers Awards

Other
 » Gale/Library Media Connection TEAMS Award
 » National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year

Conferences

Mississippi Association for Gifted Children 2010 Conference

September 29-October 1, 2010

Imperial Palace Resort, Biloxi

www.magcweb.org

Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference

October 1-2, 2010

Thad Cochran Center, University of Southern Mississippi

www.mctmonline.com

Mississippi Association of School Administrators 2010 Fall Conference

October 17-19, 2010

Hilton Hotel, Jackson

www.masa.org

Mississippi Counseling Association 2010 Annual Convention

November 3-5, 2010

Jackson Convention Complex, Jackson

www.mscounselor.org

Mississippi Reading Association 40th Annual Conference

December 1-3, 2010

Beau Rivage Convention Center, Biloxi

www.msreading.org

Mississippi Reading Association is having its 40th Annual Conference on December 1-3, 2010 at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi. The conference title is “Celebrate Literacy: 40 years of Mississippi Reading Association!” .  All teachers and administrators are invited to submit a proposal and/or to attend.

This year’s featured speakers include Jon Scieszka, Brett Dillingham, Linda Gambrel, Robert Little, Hester Bass, Rick Shelton, Maryann Manning, Rick Anderson and Lester Laminack.

Dr. Richard Long from International Reading Association will present a three hour pre-conference seminar titled: Administrators and School Leaders: Federal Laws, Grants, Core Standards and Title I: How can you prepare your school district for the future?

Three other pre-conference seminars are also available:

  • How to write and publish your own children’s book

  • Smart Schools: LITERACY: ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES!

  • Performance Literacy and Storytelling: Keys to Successful Students who LOVE to Perform and Write

More  information is available at the website: www.msreading.org or they can email me at Stacy.Reeves@usm.edu.

 

PREPS Annual Conference

2nd Week of December

Pearl River Resort, Choctaw

www.preps.msstate.edu

2010 MASS/Alliance Winter Conference
January 23-26, 2011
Marriott (Downtown), Jackson

www.superintendents.ms

 

NEW University Degrees

William Carey announces NEW Higher Education Administration Specialist Degree

 

Independent Education Associations

 

Alabama Conference of Educators
866-266-2263

Arkansas State Teachers Association
877-742-2782

Arizona Professional Educators
888-834-5182

California Teachers Empowerment Network
888-290-8471

Professional Association of Colorado Educators
877-640-7223

Professional Educators Network of Florida
800-311-7770

Professional Association of Georgia Educators
800-334-6861

Indiana Professional Educators
800-673-4734

Professional Educators of Iowa
877-734-0599

Kansas Association of American Educators
877-526-2232

Kentucky Association of Professional Educators
888-438-7179

Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana
800-364-2735

Missouri State Teachers Association
800-392-0532

New Mexico Association of Classroom Teachers
505-257-8486

Professional Educators of North Carolina
800-542-8844

Professional Oklahoma Educators
888-331-2763

Keystone Teachers Association (PA)
877-335-3982

Palmetto State Teachers Association (SC)
803-256-2065

Professional Educators of Tennessee
800-471-4867

Association of Texas Professional Educators
800-777-2873

Virginia Professional Educators
888-873-9661

Northwest Professional Educators (WA)
800-380-6973

West Virginia Professional Educators
304-586-3451   (email)