The Madison Institute Learning Academy
For an annual membership fee, school districts of all sizes can enjoy the benefits of the TMI Learning Academy. Some of these benefits are highlighted below.
A school district can choose a topic of their choice for The Madison Institute (“TMI”) staff to deliver a single-day, six hour in-district seminar (including one hour for lunch). The number and selection of attendees is at the discretion of the respective school district. All staff participants will qualify for five (5) professional development hours.
Preference and selection of in-district service days will be accommodated and delivered on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Each and every member of the school district staff can attend any one of our professional development seminars to be held at our training facility located in the Paragon FCU building located in Montvale, New Jersey. All seminars run from 9:00 am – 2:30 pm with participants qualifying for five (5) professional development hours
Topics include, but are not limited to:
A Brain-based Approach for English Language Learners
A Brain-based Approach to Fluency Instruction
A Brain-based Approach to Improving Reading Skills: K-3 Specific
A Brain-based Approach to Improving Reading Skills: K-8
A Brain-based Approach to Vocabulary Instruction
Classroom Management Strategies for Effective Instruction
Communicating with Parents: Interpersonal Skills that Work
Differentiated Instruction K-12: An Introduction to the Philosophy
Differentiated Instruction K-12: Practical Classroom Applications
Differentiated Supervision and Leadership
Effective Leadership: Team Building, Community and Communication
Effective Leadership: Tools for Success
Effective Reading in the Content Areas: K-12
Emotional Intelligence: The Child’s Emotional Coach
Formative Assessment
Integrating Technology into the Curriculum
Performance Assessment
Preparing for NJASK and Meeting AYP
Strategic Thinking
Teachers as Action Researchers
Teaching and Learning in a Flat World
Write to Read Connection
“The Roundtable”
The Roundtable will consist of at least one staff representative from each member school district and TMI. The Roundtable, which will be facilitated by TMI, will meet at least twice a year to discuss the professional development needs of each school district within the Learning Academy Community and the Learning Academy Community as a whole.
Once the needs have been identified, The Roundtable will offer suggestions on how the professional development calendar for the following year can reflect, accommodate and satisfy the aforementioned needs. Members of The Roundtable, or the staff which they represent, may also volunteer to assist in the creation and delivery of certain professional development seminars.
Superintendents/Asst. Superintendents, Principals and Curriculum Development Directors
TMI will host and offer a series of Professional Development Days from which Superintendents, Asst. Superintendents, Principals and Curriculum Development Directors may select and attend ONE of the days offered in the series.
Two (2) days will be offered to Superintendents/Asst. Superintendents; Four (4) days will be offered to Principals; and three (3) days will be offered to Curriculum Development Directors.
School districts can schedule one in-district planning day each year. During this day, TMI staff will meet with appropriate school district representatives, listen to their respective initiatives, challenges, needs and requirements and discuss a plan for the school district to meet their goals regarding such.
If any school district requests the services of TMI beyond that of the one in-district planning day, TMI will submit an official proposal to a designated school district representative for proper review and consideration.
Superintendents/Asst. Superintendents, Principals and Curriculum Development Directors
TMI will host an annual networking dinner to discuss relevant topics, best practices and issues. Each networking dinner will include a keynote speaker relevant to the annual topic at hand.
The TMI Newsletter will include relevant articles for today’s K-12 educator. Distributed in HTML format via email, our newsletter will also include articles contributed by staff
in the respective member school districts, as well as articles from students reflecting on their own learning experiences.
If you are interested in contributing articles for future newsletters and want to learn more please email mwalsh@tmieducation.com so that we may contact you immediately.
TMI will host six (6) two-day new teacher training seminars each August at our training facility. New teachers may select the seminar date of their choice based on availability. The new teacher training will focus on recent news, trends, state developments and contemporary pedagogy.
Educators
Educators will have access to online tools including TMI’s professional development toolkit, video conferencing capabilities and blog. These online tools are designed to allow educators to communicate with other educators within the learning community in order to share best practices, promote collaborative teaching and learning environments, create a library of teaching and learning content, and discuss teaching and learning challenges with offered solutions.
Parents
Parents of students in member school districts will have separate access to online resources. These resources will provide information on how to address issues their child faces in school – academically, socially, emotionally and physically. Parents will also be taken “Back to School” and learn basic principles and theories in subject matters relevant to their child’s curriculum so they may efficiently assist in their child’s academic development.
Parents will also have access to a blog. The blog will allow for immediate communication amongst their “parent-peers” so they can share information regarding issues their children may be facing academically, socially, emotionally or physically.
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