Kayla Delzer, recently named the North Dakota Lead Digital Innovator by PBS LearningMedia, will be the closing speaker for MREA’s 2016 Annual Conference. A technology champion and teacher in West Fargo, North Dakota, Delzer is in her eighth year of teaching second grade. MREA’s annual conference will focus on the theme, “Making Teaching Matter.” It will be hosted November 13-15 at Cragun’s Resort near Brainerd. … Read More
Presentations on Why Teacher Matters Sought for Conference
Why does teaching matter? How do you make a difference? MREA welcomes educators and education affiliates to submit proposals to share their best practices, solutions, and research. Proposals to present breakout sessions at MREA’s 2016 Annual Conference are due Friday, May 27 . MREA seeks teaching profession and rural education presentations that: Explore redesigning teaching to meet expectations for today’s teaching professionals Enhance … Read More
MREA Opens Call for Conference Presenters
MREA welcomes dynamic presenters to share best practices, solutions, and research at our 2016 Annual Conference: Making Teaching Matter. Expectations for today’s professional teachers are redesigning teaching and making it a more demanding profession. Research continues to demonstrate that great teaching is more important than ever to student achievement. Presenters will have the opportunity to positively impact more than 300 … Read More
National Teacher to Keynote "Making Teaching Matter"
Sarah Brown Wessling, National Teacher of the Year, has been selected as the keynote speaker for MREA’s 2016 Annual Conference. The conference will focus the theme, “Making Teaching Matter.” It will be hosted November 13-15 at Cragun’s Resort near Brainerd. Why “Making Teaching Matter?” Expectations for today’s professional teachers have redesigned teaching and made it a more demanding profession. Research continues to demonstrate that … Read More
National Teacher to Keynote “Making Teaching Matter”
Sarah Brown Wessling, National Teacher of the Year, has been selected as the keynote speaker for MREA’s 2016 Annual Conference. The conference will focus on the theme, “Making Teaching Matter.” It will be hosted November 13-15 at Cragun’s Resort near Brainerd. Why “Making Teaching Matter?” Expectations for today’s professional teachers have redesigned teaching and made it a more demanding profession. Research continues to … Read More
Understanding Brain Development & Early Learning
Research on early brain development is exponentially expanding with striking implications for early learning. To help rural educators be at the cutting edge of early learning in their community, Drs. Kathleen Thomas and Michele Mazzocco will give you a look inside the brain and the development of reasoning at MREA’s 2015 Annual Conference. The conference on“Great Beginnings: When Learning Starts Early, Inspires and Applies” will … Read More
MREA Calls for Fall Conference Proposals
MREA is now accepting presentation proposals for its 2015 Annual Conference, Great Beginnings: When Learning Starts Early, Inspires, Applies. The conference will be held Sunday-Tuesday, November 15-17, at Cragun’s Resort near Brainerd. The deadline to submit a proposal is 5 pm Wednesday, June 3. Learn more about submitting a proposal. Share Effective Practices The 2015 MREA Annual Conference is a chance to share an effective practice … Read More
MREA Announces Conference Keynote
The importance of early childhood education to the state and nation’s futures has taken center stage recently, with Governor Dayton and President Obama proposing funding to provide more young children with stimulating early learning environments. The U.S. Department of Education also just released a report showing the need for high-quality public preschool education options across the nation. To prepare for this increased focus on early learning, join MREA … Read More
MREA Announces Annual Conference Focus
MREA announced today that its Annual Conference will focus on Great Beginnings: When Learning Starts Early, Inspires and Applies. The 2015 keynote address will focus on early learning and the conference will provide breakout sessions on a variety of timely topics from early childhood education to college and career readiness. MREA members identified early learning as one of the top legislative … Read More