Art teacher Dona Seegers and RSU 38 math coach have collaborated in teaching art and math this school year at Mount Vernon Elementary School. They wrote this essay about their experience.
Team teaching art and math works!
We are motivated by the excitement of new ideas for presenting our subjects to the students, are eager to experiment and have infectious enthusiasm.
Four daylong conferences this August will offer teachers a chance to hear from fellow Maine teachers about:
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.
Posted in Adult Ed, Conferences, Featured, Kennebec County
The Maine State Museum on May 30 will offer educators a special preview of its new exhibit, “Malaga Island, Maine’s Forgotten Legacy.”
The preview takes place at 4:30 p.m.
Posted in Featured, Kennebec County, Social Studies, Teachers
Maine school food service professionals are invited to a spring informational meeting on May 17 focused on implementing the new meal pattern regulations required by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
Posted in Featured, Kennebec County, Nutrition
The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine is sponsoring a spring series in May of free film showings, discussions and workshops focused on raising awareness about bullying.
Posted in Events, Featured, Kennebec County
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.
Posted in Administrators, Conferences, Featured, Kennebec County
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.
Teachers across Maine will soon have access to digital resources full of interactive content that will help them bring middle school social studies and visual and performing arts lessons alive for students, regardless of their preferred learning styles.
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.
Beatrice Rafferty School students perform a Passamaquoddy song.
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