Ingham Intermediate School District’s "Principal for a Day" program gave business leader Denys Macaluso, Vice President of Residential Lending at MSU Federal Credit Union, a unique opportunity to step into the shoes of a school principal. Teaming up with Michel McDonald, Director of Transition & Itinerant Services for the SAIL program, Macaluso experienced the day-to-day responsibilities of school leadership.The initiative fosters collaboration between education and industry, giving business and civic leaders a deeper understanding of school operations and the challenges educators face. These partnerships help create a stronger network of support for students and schools.
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What happens when educators from different schools and communities get in the same room? Ideas travel. Questions get bigger. Practice gets stronger. Recent professional learning opportunities in early childhood literacy and secondary mathematics show how collaboration helps knowledge move across classrooms, schools and communities throughout the Ingham ISD service area.
Seven Wilson Talent Center students are taking their engineering and construction skills beyond the classroom through the ACE Mentor Program at Mayotte Group Architects. Over 15 weeks, they’ll explore careers across the building industry while tackling a real-world design challenge: creating a brand-new elementary school.
