Welcome to the Michigan Alternative Education Organization Webpage!!
CONGRATULATIONS
Sarah Orr: MAEO Board President
Award Winner of the Educating Outside the Box Award!!
Sarah recently earned the Educating Outside the Box Award at the Outside the Box Conference! This recognition is a testament to Sarah's innovative contributions and dedication to educating students from all walks in creative and caring ways!!
2026 Spring Conference Information!!
MAEO Staff Awards and Scholarship Nominations!
POST AND FIND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ON THE MAEO SITE!
Alternative schools are often among the last to be given the go-ahead to hire. Our schools often have to wait for the rest of the district to settle hiring matters and then find ourselves scrambling "high and dry" (at the last minute) to hire.
Even in the time crunch, you want to find just the right person and we get it! Filling your vacancy with the right person makes all the difference in the day-to-day operations of your school and the success of your students.
Send your posting to [email protected] to place on the MAEO webpage.
Alternative schools are often among the last to be given the go-ahead to hire. Our schools often have to wait for the rest of the district to settle hiring matters and then find ourselves scrambling "high and dry" (at the last minute) to hire.
Even in the time crunch, you want to find just the right person and we get it! Filling your vacancy with the right person makes all the difference in the day-to-day operations of your school and the success of your students.
Send your posting to [email protected] to place on the MAEO webpage.
Celebrating 50 Years of the Michigan Alternative Education Organization
THANK YOU
2025 Conference Attendees, Sponsors, Exhibitors and Presenters!!
Information about the 2026 MAEO Spring Conference coming in Fall/Winter of 2025
Alternative high school teacher Corey Rosser named Michigan Teacher of the Year!!! Congratulations Corey!!!!
Click here for full article
Click here for full article
2026 MAEO Goals
1. Provide state level advocacy for Alternative Education
2. Implementation of MAEO Newsletter
3. Continued Membership Mapping to create a map of Alternative Schools in Michigan
4. Initiate a mini-grant program for Michigan Alternative Schools
5. Develop and launch the initial phase of a micro-credentialing badge system to recognize and validate alternative education best practices,
with pilot implementation at the 2026 annual MAEO conference.
1. Provide state level advocacy for Alternative Education
2. Implementation of MAEO Newsletter
3. Continued Membership Mapping to create a map of Alternative Schools in Michigan
4. Initiate a mini-grant program for Michigan Alternative Schools
5. Develop and launch the initial phase of a micro-credentialing badge system to recognize and validate alternative education best practices,
with pilot implementation at the 2026 annual MAEO conference.
