Spring break looks different for all of us. Some of us have spring cleaning 🧹 plans. Some of us take advantage of the break to catch up on professional 🤓 learning. While others may be traveling 🧳 and/or planning our spring and summer planting projects.

Whatever spring break looks like for you, we hope you take advantage of it to pick up your spring cleaning projects and clear out the clutter 🧽! We all have those projects that we continue to close the door on, thinking we'll return later. How great is getting that project over the finish line 🏁 ? Spring break also opens an opportunity to clear out that spring learning by catching up on that stack of reading 📚 and the self-paced learning you've had bookmarked in your browser. And what does spring planning look like for you? Whatever your focus, be sure to involve friends and family! We all need those support systems in our lives!

Please know that EduPaths has been involved in this process with you in mind. We have been Spring Cleaning to improve your Spring Learning experiences so your Spring Planning can go off without a hitch! 👍 And, courses are FREE, and SCECHs are FREE! 🆓 Access them at anytime and complete them from anywhere!

As mentioned in our Fall 2024 update, EduPaths has been engaged in updating courses since early spring 2024. You've likely noticed we are retiring older versions and revising and publishing new versions of these courses. See our resource, ⍰ Why does a course get retired?

Most of our course catalog has been updated and incorporated into the new course design. The front page addresses accessibility, course navigation (beneficial for new users), technical recommendations, and user HELP resources. This adjustment improves user engagement and navigation within the Lesson Modules.

We appreciate all feedback from EduPaths users and our partners. We must know when images, links, videos, and interactives no longer display correctly or work. Please continue to bring these issues to our attention. You are an important part of our continual improvement process!

• 🧑‍💻 https://www.edupaths.org/resources
• 📧 edupaths@gomaisa.org

The Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators (MAISA) is comprised of administrators and superintendents of the 56 ISDs statewide and supports several statewide initiatives and projects, including EduPaths.

The leadership team driving the development of the Essential Instructional Practices for Early Mathematics pre-K to Grade 5 has been working hard to provide training and support around their implementation. For questions about resources and upcoming events, connect with everything Math Essentials here.

Dig into many of these practices by accessing their fourteen (14) on-demand professional learning courses in EduPaths. Use these to launch and support your PLC discussions!

• Classroom Libraries
• Disciplinary Literacy
• Essential Coaching Practices for Elementary Literacy
• Read, Write, ROAR! World Builders 1 & 2

SCECH requests MUST be submitted to EduPaths by June 1st

• Submitting after this date cannot guarantee that credits will be awarded before June 30.

SCECHs submitted to MOECS twice monthly (on/around the 1st & 15th)

• SCECHs are submitted to MOECS twice monthly. Educators should receive a notification from MOECS once the upload is complete.

Alt+Shift Education has developed 39 courses to address accessibility in our classrooms and outreaches to our communities.

Each series is listed below.

• Accessible Materials Made Right
  
• Building Blocks to Autonomous Communication
• Foundations of Math
• AT Journey

MeL has many courses that highlight the eResources in support of all disciplines. As with all web-based content, our sites change, and the resources we use update to improve user experiences. This principle holds for the Michigan eLibrary.

Check out these updates:

• Michigan eLibrary: Intro to Michigan's Best Kept FREE Secret Version 3
• Michigan eLibrary: What Every Educator Should Know Version 3
• Michigan eLibrary: Supporting Early Literacy Version 2

MiMTSS continues to publish new content as schools continue to serve the many needs our students bring to us. Check out the MiMTSS pathway.

Here are some updates for MiMTSS:

• Identifying and Defining School-wide Behavioral Expectations Version 2
• Consistent Response to Behavior Version 2
• Family Partnership Foundations 2.0

If you want to enhance your technology integration skills, explore new instructional delivery methods, or learn tips and tricks from Michigan educational practitioners. The REMC Association has something for you!

Take a look at all course offerings and register today! Earn 10 FREE SCECHs upon completion.

• Visit www.remc.org/remc-all-events/.

🤚 We have seen a handful of EduPaths support Requests regarding updating a user dashboard.

• When an educator actively works on a course in EduPaths, the system keeps track of module completion and activity time (hours & minutes). This data is transmitted to the EduPaths Dashboard regularly. If you are checking the Dashboard, please wait at least 30 minutes for the system to update.

Educators can also click the ↻ Sync button to sync module completion and activity time.

For additional tips and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs), please visit the EduPaths Resources page.