Information on Michigan academic standards and instructional resources.
Learn more about the MDE office responsible for providing leadership in curriculum and instruction that provides students with greater choices to prepare for success.
Resources for educator certification, recognition programs, evaluation, and workforce research.
The Equitable Services Ombudsman helps ensure equitable services for private school children, teachers, and other educational personnel.
Resources related to financial and pupil accounting and auditing.
Options available for Michigan students that provide unique learning opportunities.
Food & Nutrition Programs
This MDE office provides resources and technical assistance in physical education, sex education, health education, behavioral, emotional, mental, and social education as well as safety, discipline, and transportation.
Resources for programs and initiatives that support school improvement efforts.
Resources for supporting special education in Michigan.
Michigan has an innovative and comprehensive system of assessments to measure student achievement in learning our state content standards.
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
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Local education agencies (LEAs), intermediate school districts (ISDs), and public school academies (PSAs). Individual educators are not eligible applicants; they are encouraged to inquire with their building or district administration about submitting a grant application.
Candidates will need to be employed in part-time or full-time roles in which they are supervised by a district employee. Examples include before/after care staff, tutor, teaching assistant, summer school staff, etc.
A candidate can be enrolled in any Michigan institution with an approved teacher preparation program OR in any Michigan 2-year college with an articulation agreement for traditional teacher certification. If you are unsure about the existence of an articulation agreement, please contact the educator preparation program in which the candidate intends to enroll.
Awardees will submit reimbursement requests, which they will subsequently receive via State Aid.
No. This grant is intended to remove the barriers for young people as they work toward teacher certification, so there is no penalty for candidates who decide not to teach or to teach in a location that is not their home district. Applicants are encouraged to select candidates mindfully, with full confidence that the candidates have the disposition and potential to successfully fill open positions in the future.
No. The district must pay the employee.
Yes. Districts are expected to use this opportunity to support candidate retention in and completion of an educator preparation program. As such, districts should prioritize employment situations that offer candidates mentorship, feedback, training, or coaching. Further, districts should prioritize employing candidates in settings that will allow them to develop skills that lead to successful classroom teaching. The most successful applicants will offer candidate retention supports (or leverage supports offered by colleges and universities) such as: dedicated staffing for college transition and success, program advising to clarify credit requirements, supplemental meetings to build rapport with other future educators, or career counseling.
a. Yes, if a student is attending a community college outside of the local community college in order to access an articulated education pathway.
b. Yes, if there are costs that are not covered by free community college that can be covered by 504. For example: program fees, testing fees, substitute permit costs.
