News stories and articles of interest to the Members of MACTE
CDC Releases Updated Guidelines For School Reopening: Updated 23 July Thursday evening the CDC released their updated guidelines for Administrators and Teachers to prepare for a safe return to school in Fall 2020. Follow the link below to go directly to the CDC Guidelines. Preparing K-12 School Administrators for a […]
School Reopening Plans: Kansas City Missouri Public Schools This KSHB blog post includes links to the school reopening plans for all Kansas City Missouri public school districts. Please follow the link below to read the full article. The 41 Action News team will round up links to KC-area school district policies […]
2020 Assessment Institute The 2020 Assessment Institute, hosted by IUPUI, will be held virtually this year and you are invited to attend with a complementary registration for all members of the higher education community. The conference will be held October 25-28. Head over to the Assessment Institute conference page to […]
Missouri plans to use CARES Act money to implement new ‘optional’ standardized test Article submitted by MACTE President Elect, Dr. Laurie Kingsley, University of Missouri If you haven’t heard, Missouri plans to use a large chunk (approx. 10 million) of CARES Act money to implement a new ‘optional’ standardized test […]
Missouri University of Science and Technology is hiring a full-time, year-round Program Manager II to direct the Writing Center for the Division of Academic Support. Successful candidates will have writing center and/or writing instruction experience. The Program Manager will assist in sustaining a strong program of peer writing consultation, outreach […]
This article originally posted on the Chronicle of Higher Education website. The coronavirus pandemic has left higher-education leaders facing difficult decisions about when to reopen campuses and how to go about it. The Chronicle is tracking individual colleges’ plans. Most say they are planning for an in-person fall semester. We’re currently tracking about […]
Article originally published in the New York Times Research Shows Students Falling Months Behind During Virus Disruptions The abrupt switch to remote learning wiped out academic gains for many students in America, and widened racial and economic gaps. Catching up in the fall won’t be easy. Follow this link to […]
UMSL is hosting the Focus on Teaching & Technology conference in September. The 2020 Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference, a midwest regional conference, will be held VIRTUALLY September 24 & 25. We want to be conscientious of participant health and budgetary concerns and feel this format gives us the […]
Reported by KSDK Channel 5 – St. Louis A recent article posted on the KSDK website outlines the guidelines St. Louis County schools should follow this fall. Click on the link below to read the full article. Read the full article on the KSDK website
From the Schoolhouse to Their House: A New Playbook for Teaching and Learning Park University As education continued to evolve during the COVID-19 crisis, Park University developed a four-week online workshop, “From the Schoolhouse to Their House: A New Playbook for Teaching and Learning”, to assist teachers in the […]