What’s
Inside?
1.
New websites
2.
MIDAS in the Schools
3.
International Projects
4.
In Print
5.
New Stuff
6.
Multiple Intelligences: Science News
7.
Books in Print
1. New websites
The web is the
MIDAS portal to the world. The following sites are efforts to bring a wealth of
resources to people everywhere so they can receive the maximum benefit from
MIDAS profiles.
MI-Inspired
Reading Comprehension http://miresearch.wikispaces.com/
The MIDAS is being used by teachers in a number of
schools to build students’ reading comprehension via strengths-based
instruction. This work was initiated by
my colleague, co-author and School Psychologist, Sara Reith.
Two primary schools in Wooster, Ohio are involved,
Parkview Elementary and Melrose Elementary. Special recognition to Kimberly
Summers, Pat Lindeman and Madalyn Bauer for extending this work. I look forward
to working with teachers in 7 schools in East Holmes County, Ohio in the coming
year.
The website above provides resources, support and
materials for using MI to enhance reading.
MIDAS
Profile Guide /Resources http://midas-profile.wikispaces.com/
Because the MIDAS Profile serves as a map to guide and inspire, it is
necessary to provide follow-up guidance and resources. The website above is a
work-in-progress that serves this purpose for teenagers and adults. Your feedback on the usefulness of this site
and materials is requested. With the benefit of crowd sourcing it will get better and better!
MI-Inspired
Math Project http://midas-math.wikispaces.com/
This is a new project that is just getting off the
ground. Our goal is to build on the success of the MI Reading Project and design
MI-inspired activities that will enhance the Math skills of 3rd and
4th grade students. If you have an interest in this project, let me know
and I’ll send you an application to participate.
2. MIDAS in U.S. Schools
The use of MIDAS in schools around the US
continues to grow. It is impossible to keep track of them all, so below is a
sampling of projects that are representative.
>
Tallmadge High School, Ohio.
The
MIDAS has been given to all freshmen for more than 10 years. Following the
retirement of Guidance Counselor, Nancy Fluke, who spearheaded MIDAS use at THS,
it is now being coordinated by Taylor Lane
>
Westwood Middle and High School,
Washington, NJ
Robert
Cerco, Director of Educational Services, is coordinating the integration of the
MIDAS into the educational programs of middle and high school students.
>
Etude Schools, Sheboygan, WI
MIDAS
is being given to all students in grades 9 through 12. This is an MI-inspired
school system that is also in the Coalition of Essential Schools.
>
Longcoy Elementary, Janice
Swan, Liz Shorr, Sherry Roche, Erika Revis
I
am working with the 4th grade team to use their MIDAS profiles to
maximize student success in all subjects. This is an award winning school that
embraces child-centered instruction.
>
St. Patrick’s School, Kent, Ohio
The
MIDAS Math Project is slated to begin in early 2012.
>
East Holmes County, Ohio- Madalyn Bauer coordinates this MI-Inspired
Reading Project in 7 schools with more than 20 teachers. Some
of these schools are in the heart of the Amish community and I look forward to
working with them.
>
Miller South School for Visual and
Performing Arts, Akron, OH
The
MIDAS was completed by all 5th through 8th graders last
year and 4th graders will do their profiles this year. Thanks to
Susan Yingling and Wendy Duke for spearheading this effort.
>
ICPR Community College, Mayaguez,
Puerto Rico
The
MIDAS was completed by a pilot group of students after the school’s staff
assisted with refining the Spanish MIDAS translation. This project is expected
to be extended to more students in the near future. This effort is coordinate
by Manuel Maldondo
Cotto of Intelligence Forecasting, Inc.
> Kids Community College, Riverview
FL. MIDAS continues to be an essential part of this elementary
charter school curriculum. http://www.kidscc.org/
3. International Projects
MIDAS projects around the world continue to
amaze me! Even after 25 years there remains a dedicated group of MI-inspired
educators who put forth extra effort to maximize student success. Below is a
sampling of current and new projects.
> Ireland
Seven secondary schools are implementing
MIDAS with high school students to help them with career planning and achieving
academic success. Of particular interest is using the Profile during the
Transition Year between middle and high school. (including The Abbey School, Caritas
College, Salesian College, St. Dominic’s Secondary School)
> German
Jens Hildebrand of Merzenich, Germany has
translated adult and Teen MIDAS into German and will begin validation with several
groups of high school students in the near future.
> Marymount Secondary School, Hong Kong
This high quality high school has given
MIDAS to all students for 4 years.
> Guang Zhou,
China and Taiwan.
Projects in these three locations are being
managed by the Psychological Publishing
Co. (Eric Lin psychoco@ms15.hinet.net),
The Art Costa Center for Thinking and
Jin Yu Psychological Assessment Ltd. of
Shanghai is publishing the simplified Chinese language translation.
> Singapore
The Art Costa Center for Thinking is
launching MIDAS efforts in Guang Zhou, China, Thailand, Vietnam and India. http://www.artcostacentre.com/
> Korea
The MI Institute in Seoul distributes
MIDAS-KIDS profiles and is now working on validating Teen-MIDAS Korean
translation. It is exciting to learn of the enthusiasm for MI in Korea.
contact:
Ji-Soo Kim- a8702@hanmail.net
> India
Rajni Jauhari is the MIDAS coordinator for
me in India. We have signed agreements with two educational companies in this
education obsessed country: Cogknit, Inc. < http://www.iumap.org/cogknit-semantics-2/>
and TalentMat.
http://www.talentmat.com. We look forward
to helping these initiatives to grow to serve the educational needs of this
vast and diverse country.
> Iran
Mahhaz Saeidi is coordinating research
among a growing number of investigators using the Persian translation.
> Netherlands
Haiko Jessurun of Eindhoven, NL has created
a Dutch MIDAS translation and working diligently to bring it to schools. He
organized a MIDAS Certification workshop at the Center for Creative Living. He
has translated a number of my MIDAS books into Dutch.
> Athens, Greece
Babis
Tsatsarelis, principal at Ziridis School,
reports that the MIDAS-KIDS Profile accords well with views of parents and
teachers and is of benefit to students.
The adult and teen MIDAS questionnaires are now being validated in a
collaborative effort between researchers in Cyprus and in Greece. http://www.ziridis.gr/
4. In Print
Guideline,
Institute of Guidance Counsellors Newsletter. This is the second MIDAS article that has been published in
this high quality publication.
www.miresearch.org/files/Inspire_Hope.doc
Ohio School Psychologists Association.
The MI-inspired reading
project was the cover article for the Spring 2011 issue. This followed the
presentation by Sara Reith and myself at the OSPA Annual Conference. www.miresearch.org/files/Reading_RtI_Final.doc
Interdependent thinking. My chapter entitled, ExtraOrdindary
Leadership in the Classroom: is slated
for publication in this book edited by Art Costa.
The
complex Chinese language translation of Creating ExtraOrdinary Teachers
by myself and Mike Fleetham
was recently published in Taiwan by the Psychological Publishing Company.
5. New Stuff
> My View: MIDAS
for 4th graders
At the urging of several 4th
grade teachers, I have created a version of the My Young Child questionnaire
that can be completed by 4th grade students on themselves. We are
working on refining it with students at Longcoy Elementary.
> Interviews with guidance counselors
I conducted three interviews with guidance
counselors in Ireland who use the MIDAS with secondary students: Samantha Ryan
and Maureen. These conversations detail how they are implementing the MIDAS to
help teenagers. http://midas-profile.wikispaces.com/Counselors
> Dialogues: How the MIDAS Profile can make a difference
in your conversations with students.
I am currently writing scripts that
demonstrate how to use the MIDAS profile to guide students with behavioral
concerns.
> MIDAS Teacher’s Handbook
– revised
This book for teachers written in 1999 has
been revised and expanded to include more case examples, practical applications
and resources.
> MIDAS-GPS
The MIDAS is being researched as a tool to
help select candidates for training as explosive ordinance (bomb disposal)
technicians. Research with nearly 1,000 candidates is nearly completed and will
be presented at a conference in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
6. Multiple Intelligences: Science News
>
Thinking Like a Professional.
A study of law
students and bomb technicians compared their MIDAS scale scores to test scores,
grades and status. It found a logical pattern among demonstrations of
achievement and their self reports.
>
Cross Cultural construct validity
A cross-cultural,
exploratory factor analysis of the MIDAS found remarkably consistent results
among over 5,000 respondents in 9 different countries using 9 different
language translations of the questionnaire.
>
Multi-national study of MIDAS inter-rater reliability
A second study of MIDAS inter-rater reliability
has just been launched in three different countries and will involve nearly 200
respondents and two informants.
Other
MIDAS Users of Note . . .
….Crandal
University New Brunswick, CA, Bryan Taylor
….WIL Employment Connections, London,
Canada, Brandy McIntee
….STI Education / Data Management Services,
Mobile, Alabama, Sarah Odom
….Illinois Employment and Training Center,
Arlington, IL, Diane Carter-Zubko
….Educational Strategies, Ellinwood, KS, Catherine Strecker
Branton Shearer, sbranton@kent.edu
