ACT AIM 2025- 2026 Enhanced Trainings

  • Excelsior Springs: Hosting Math & ELA – October 2-3, 2025
  • Jefferson City: Hosting Reading – October 22-23, 2025
  • Sullivan School District: Hosting Math – November 11-12, 2025
  • St. Louis Region: Hosting Science TBA

Fall 2025

Plan now to join us in October as we explore and learn about successful practices in providing student feedback, standardized assessment performance, success criteria, and various other useful tools and strategies from Missouri educators

Explore what every teacher should know about effective vocabulary instruction.

  • Which words should be explicitly taught?
  • How should the vocabulary words be taught?
  • How should vocabulary acquisition be supported before, during, and after the read?
  • Explore the concept of “word conscious” classrooms, the vocabulary word selection process, vocabulary strategies that work AND garner student engagement

MOREnet OER

SMCAA and MOREnet are partnering together to help bring OER resources to Missouri districts through the Missouri OER Commons Hub!

Now DESE-approved for Amplify CKLA, Amplify Caminos, and Boost Reading!

We’re excited to share that DESE approved Amplify’s evidence-based reading instruction. Amplify’s CKLA K-5 Comprehensive Literacy Program, Boost Reading supplemental program and Caminos (Dual Language Core Program) have all been endorsed to bolster the Missouri Read, Lead, Exceed initiative.

SMCAA MONTHLY MEET-UPS

August 19th @ 9:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m. – Recovering from COVID: Data Patterns Observed

COVID-19 turned our education world upside down and impacted student learning significantly. We’ve had a few years to attempt to recover from this impact, so how are our students doing now? Come join us as we share with one another the patterns we are seeing in our achievement data (both MAP and CCR data) and in our students’ behavior and social-emotional skills and root causes affecting student growth.

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Champion Teaching Training and Learning Series

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Have you heard about Champion Teaching? Are you interested in creating a strong classroom environment free of chaos? Can you use a step-by-step process that will enhance strong instruction while promoting student engagement and learning?
Then the Champion Teaching train the trainer event is right for you!

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COHORTS 2025-2026- Registration is Now Open!

New Curriculum Director, Instructional Coaching and Book Study Cohorts available for the 2025-2026 school year. Team Special Available!

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2025-2026 MEMBERSHIP SIGN UP TODAY!

Visit our Membership Page to learn more about what SMCAA can do for you! Check our 2025-2026 Professional Development Offers! Renew TODAY! Bill Now Before June 30 or After July 1 Option Available

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Upcoming Events

Student Data Privacy Agreement Help

To help districts with keeping a tight rein on student privacy data, MOREnet has partnered with the Student Data Privacy Consortium to establish MOSPA: the Missouri Student Privacy Alliance. This service is available to MOREnet K-12 Full and Basic Members and included...

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EdReports: Explore Our Library of Free Adoption Tools

Free and practical resources to support your curriculum selection from start to finish. Email not displaying correctly?View it in your browser.Did you know: In addition to independent curriculum reviews, EdReports offers a library of free resources to support your...

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SMCAA Member Forums

Start a conversation and keep it going! The SMCAA Member Forums provide a safe space to lead the discussion and keep it on topic.