Tips & News – North Mississippi Education Consortium

Counselor Collaborative

Anna Gillentine — Tue, 06 May 2025 14:06:20 +0000

Bulk Purchasing

Anna Gillentine — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:45:57 +0000

Effective July 1, 2026

Mississippi Senate Bill 2288, signed by the Governor in April, 2026, clarifies that Regional Educational Service Agencies (RESAs), which are organizations formed by school districts to pool resources, can engage in bulk purchasing and mandates that all services provided by RESAs must be competitively bid, with a request for proposals required for purchases exceeding a certain threshold to ensure open and fair competition.

The MS RESAs have partnered with 2 companies, Howard Technology Solutions and Apple, in an effort to sustain and expand upon the gains made through the Mississippi Connects program. The MS RESAs are now spearheading the transition to a sustainable, continuous, state-wide device refresh program.

This initiative aims to:

Ensure continuous device availability for educational stakeholders
Streamline procurement processes
Achieving meaningful savings
Enhanced value for districts across the state.
Opportunities for Professional Development

For More Information

Contact:

Your Local RESA

Jerry Moore

jerrymoore@olemiss.edu

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We offer a variety of services for your school district!

Briana Talley — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 20:41:41 +0000

The North MS Education Consortium (NMEC) has worked within school districts across the state since 1996. NMEC has and continues to serve school districts by offering quality professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators, led by our exceptional coaches who have proven strengths and experiences to grow each school in your district.

CUSTOMIZABLE SERVICES OFFERED
In addition to the below services, NMEC can address specific needs of the district.

Accreditation Audits
Accountability Model
Behavioral and Academic Multi-Tier System of Support Training
Building Equity in the Classroom
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Classroom Management
Counselor Training/Auditing Records for Compliance
District and School Administration Mentoring, Effective Leadership, and/or Strategic Planning
Early Childhood
English Language Arts/Literacy
Federal Programs Auditing/Monitoring Preparation
Interpreting and Utilizing Data
Mathematics
Mentor/Mentee Program
Mentoring New Teachers Online Auxiliary Staff Training
Professional Learning Communities School Improvement/Analyzing and Using Data
Social Studies/US History
Science
Special Education (working with lower 25%, SPED Policies and Procedures, IEPs, and FAPE in Virtual Learning)
Trauma Informed Instruction
Virtual Learning—What Does It Look Like? How Do I Meet the Needs of My Students? (including formative and summative assessments)

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For more details on our Coaches, please visit out Meet the Team page.

4.5 CEUs in two weeks?! Tell me more!

Briana Talley — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 13:00:47 +0000

Educators:

We offer a broad selection of online courses that are CEU and SEMI credit approved by the MS Department of Education! Our online courses offer 0.6-4.5 CEUs or 20/35 SEMIs – what could beat that?!