Registration is open for the MAMLE Conference! There is grant funding available for rural schools!

From NY to HI, 17 schools have been named 2024 AMLE Schools of Distinction! 🥳 These schools are leaders in fostering growth and excellence in middle grades education. 🎓We’re excited to share their stories and celebrate their achievements at #AMLE24 this November. @HIDOE808 @pamleorg @VMSAtweets @HAMLE808

Middle Level Educators - This is an excellent opportunity to reinvigorate and renew your love for middle school. @amle @TheRealNELMS @EducateMaine @mdoenews @MAINETOY

The AMLE Foundation Fund is offering grants for projects that uniquely support the developmental and academic needs of young adolescents. Apply by May 1 to bring your innovative projects to life! okt.to/IekPlY

Noble Middle School in Berwick has done something incredible with their Building Assets Reducing Risks program! Visit the DOE newsroom to see the inspiring work the school has done with the popular SEL program. #BARR #SEL #buildingassetsreducingrisks #mainedoe

The latest issue of Middle School Journal is out! DYK: AMLE members consistently cite MSJ as one of the most valuable benefits of AMLE membership? Explore the new issue okt.to/Whrpic

It is @AMLE's Middle Level Education Month. Check out all of the great resources at amle.org/mlem #middleschool #teacherled

Middle school leader is not a job description with a checklist of actions or skills. It is a way of being. Check out AMLE's newest title from @drcedgray, an essential resource for both new and veteran middle grades leaders: okt.to/ys9ibL

Hey civic-minded educators! AMLE is now accepting applications for The Toepfer Award for the Civic Engagement of Middle School Students. Learn more and apply by April 30 👉 okt.to/Aosagn

The This Week Believe pledge is a great way to support common language and commitments among staff around what works for educating young adolescents. Keep up the great work, @EwaMakai!

What makes a good middle school teacher? 🤔 AMLE Trustee and School of Distinction principal Katie Johnson sounds off on the latest @TeachingChannel podcast 👇

Check out our September edition of Midlines! The newsletter solely focused on providing bite-sized learning and ideas for middle school educators!

Look what is happening #ACTEM23 All educators and staff *GEG New England SmackDown *Getting the most out of Google Classroom *From Chaos to Chrome-tastic: Taming the Google Suite Jungle *Modernize Your Data Reporting with Google Tools *Google Sheets: Learn More and Do More

When I was a building principal, we had a group of boys who were consistently getting office referrals during lunch for aggressive and disruptive behaviors. In the past, these behaviors had led to increasingly severe consequences that did not reduce the negative behaviors (and caused some students to be sent home and to miss instruction). I sat down with the group and we worked together to come up with a plan on what to do during lunch. One of the boys asked if we could start a knitting club, since his Auntie had recently taught him how to knit. Since he was a leader of the group, the other boys agreed. I asked them to come back tomorrow with some ideas of what to knit. The next day one of the boys said that he wanted to knit little hats for the preemies at the hospital, since his little cousin was there and that a nurse mentioned that they had run out of the little hats. The boys knitted daily and we delivered the hats to the hospital. We received many heartfelt thank you notes from families, nurses and doctors (and even an in-person visit with a personal thank you and cookies from a newborn's mom). This group continued to grow as did our ability to create knitted hats for preemies. This became a huge success for the participating students. There was significant improvement in the students’ behavior, attitude, achievement, and attendance. It is so important to think outside of the box for “win-win” solutions. It really isn’t the WHAT you do that is important, it is the WHY you are doing it! Our knitting group become a team, family, and community. #maslowbeforebloom