by Sarah Halson | Aug 21, 2025 | Blog, Summer Institute
Summer Institute 2025 Photo Journal One of our favorite times of the year at the SEMIS Coalition is the Annual Summer Institute where we have the opportunity to spend a dedicated week fully immersed with educators and community partners embedded in place-based...
by SEMIS Coalition | Aug 13, 2024 | Professional Development Materials, Summer Institute
The SEMIS Coalition’s Annual Summer Institute took place July 29 – August 2, 2024. It was filled with adventure, wonder, and community building. This four-day experience guided SEMIS Coalition teachers, community partners, and alumni through a Place-Based...
by Anna Balzer | Aug 11, 2024 | Place-Based Education, Summer Institute
Learn more about Anna! Check out our social media Dear SEMIS Coalition members, I hope everyone has been able to enjoy their favorite parts of summer in Southeast Michigan and to find time for rest, reflection, and rejuvenation amidst all of your other activities...
by SEMIS Coalition | Aug 17, 2023 | Blog, Summer Institute
Image Description: Attendees stare up at an unusual sighting of a fish skull that had been dropped by a bird of prey into a decaying tree trunk at the Detroit River International Wildlife RefugeThe SEMIS Coalition’s Annual Summer Institute took place July 24-27,...
by Lisa Voelker | Aug 28, 2020 | Curriculum Integration, Events, High School, Inquiry-Based Learning, Intergenerational Dialogue, Middle Grades, Place-Based Education, Social & Emotional Learning, Student Voice, Summer Institute, Teacher Toolkit, Upper Elementary
Young Wisdom Advice From Youth What helps me engage now? The teachers and relationships. Over the course of the last 6 months we have had the opportunity to spend time learning with a few different groups of students from southeast Michigan schools. We have been...
by Lisa Voelker | Jul 31, 2020 | Events, Professional Development Materials, Social & Emotional Learning, Summer Institute
This introduction with teacher Bill Boyle was an opportunity to understand what Mindfulness is, and is not, to develop or deepen practice, and make connections between our personal practice and the issues of our time. We gathered for one hour a day for 5 days from...
by Lisa Voelker | Jul 1, 2020 | Civic Action / Leadership, Community Mapping, Community Stewardship, Events, High School, Inquiry-Based Learning, Leadership Development, Lower Elementary, Middle Grades, Place-Based Education, Professional Development Materials, Summer Institute, Upper Elementary, Water Quality / Studies
SEMIS Coalition Orientation & Place-Based Education 101 During these two events on June 17 & 24 participants included new and returning member teachers, community partners, district leaders and administrators. At this orientation people were given a sense of our...
by Lisa Voelker | Jun 5, 2018 | Events, Professional Development Materials, Summer Institute
Summer Institute Agenda 2018 Part One & Two Some details for Part Two are subject to change. Part One Logistics_SEMIS Summer Institute Hope to see you there!
