Category Archives: Conferences

Institute offers ‘kaleidoscope’ into school nurse practice

Posted on May 16, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Maine’s school nurses are invited to a three-day summer institute in July that will offer them training to help them address topics from concussions to healthy relationships to celiac disease.

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Posted in Androscoggin County, Conferences, Featured, Health

Conferences let teachers learn from peers on Common Core

Posted on May 16, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Four daylong conferences this August will offer teachers a chance to hear from fellow Maine teachers about:

  • reasoning and higher-order thinking skills;
  • helping students to improve their writing;
  • improving their own writing; and
  • effective math instruction based on the Common Core State Standards.

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Posted in Conferences, English Language Arts, Featured, Kennebec County, Mathematics, Teachers

Adult Ed conference focuses on ‘changing lives’

Posted on May 16, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Adult education practitioners are invited to the Maine Adult Education Association’s 2012 annual conference June 20-21 at Colby College in Waterville, with a day full of “pre-conference” sessions on June 19.

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Institute focuses on Positive Youth Development

Posted on May 2, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The 2012 Positive Youth Development Institute will bring together professionals from the K-12 system, after-school and summer programs, and the juvenile justice system; students; parents and others to discuss and share practices that offer all children opportunities to succeed.

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Posted in Academics, Conferences, Continuous Learning, Featured, Penobscot County

ESL Summer Academy offers chance to collaborate

Posted on May 2, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Maine’s ESL Summer Academy 2012 will offer both experienced and new educators of English Learners (ELs) the chance to engage collaboratively in research-based practices and share their ideas for more effective academic language support of English Learners.

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Save the date for superintendents’ conference

Posted on April 24, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Maine school superintendents and other district administrators are invited to the 101st annual Maine School Superintendents’ Conference, which takes place June 26-27, 2012, at the Augusta Civic Center.

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Posted in Administrators, Conferences, Featured, Kennebec County

Updated: Summer professional development opportunities

Posted on April 23, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Having trouble keeping track of all the professional development opportunities available for Maine educators this summer?

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Posted in Administrators, Conferences, Continuous Learning, Featured, Teachers, Technology, World Languages

Literacy conference emphasizes Common Core planning

Posted on April 20, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The Maine Department of Education’s Summer Literacy Institute will bring together teams of educators to work on school and district plans for implementing the Common Core State Standards for English language arts, as well as the Common Core’s literacy standards for social studies, science and technical subjects.

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Posted in Conferences, English Language Arts, Featured, Kennebec County, Science & Technology, Social Studies, Standards, Teachers

Education’s future is focus of MLTI Summer Institute

Posted on April 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The 2012 Maine Learning Technology Initiative Summer Institute will focus on preparing for the future of education, in which learning is engaging and customized depending on the needs of each student, and technology is integrated safely and effectively.

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Posted in Academics, Administrators, Conferences, Cumberland County, Featured, Instruction, Teachers, Technology

Creative approaches to nutrition focus of conference

Posted on April 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Teachers and food service staff members from Maine schools are invited to a day-long, no-cost workshop focused on creative approaches to nutrition education. The workshop takes place April 30 at the Augusta Civic Center.

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Posted in Conferences, Continuous Learning, English Language Arts, Featured, Health & Physical Ed, Instruction, Kennebec County, Nutrition, Teachers