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:
A newly released publication from the KIDS Consortium, a Maine non-profit organization, is designed to help educators integrate service-learning into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) content areas.
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Teams from Cape Elizabeth and Falmouth high schools recently participated in national science competitions in Washington, D.C.
The following is a news release from the Maine STEM Collaborative, of which the Maine Department of Education is a member.
WATERVILLE – From precision manufacturing to environmental science and information technology, Maine will see thousands of highly paid jobs created across the state in the next 10 years. But mounting evidence shows that Maine continues to do a poor job producing enough workers with the skills necessary to work in these high-paying industries.
South Portland High School’s robotics team is headed to St. Louis in late April to compete in the national FIRST Robotics Championship after the team won a regional robotics competition in Manchester, N.H.
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium recently released the third draft of its specifications for content that will appear on the next-generation, computer-adaptive assessments the consortium is developing in time for the 2014-15 academic year.
From the Maine State Charter School Commission.
PORTLAND — The Maine State Charter School Commission held the first of three public input sessions on Monday, March 5 in Portland. About 55 members of the public turned out to suggest educational gaps in their regions that charter schools could potentially fill.
EAST WATERBORO — How do we teach others to make decisions that allow them to live healthier lives?
Special education staff and other educators who work with students with disabilities are invited to a conference focused on the neuropsychology of math and applying such concepts to math instruction for students with disabilities.
Beatrice Rafferty School students perform a Passamaquoddy song.
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