Category Archives: Continuous Learning

K-8 educators invited to summer iPad retreat

Posted on April 23, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Registration for iPadagogy, a summer retreat for educators on using iPads in the K-8 classroom, is now open. This relaxing, casual retreat, held June 23-25 at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, will include cutting-edge presentations by teachers, school technology staff, guest speakers and educational administrators, all sharing their expertise and experiences in the use of iPads as an educational tool.

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Posted in Elementary School, Featured, Middle School, Professional Development, Science & Technology, Teachers, Technology

Students compete in trade and leadership contests

Posted on April 17, 2013 by | Leave a comment

More than 800 students from 22 technical schools and two colleges competed in trade and leadership contests at the 2013 SkillsUSA Maine State Championships in March at the United Technologies Center and Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor. Gold medalists from this event will have the opportunity to represent the State of Maine at the national championships in Kansas City.

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Posted in Career & Technical, Dispatches, High School, Higher Ed, Students

Attend CTE literacy training

Posted on April 17, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Maine Administrators of Career and Technical Education (MACTE) and the Maine DOE CTE team are co-sponsoring a day-long “Developing Instructional Literacy Strategies for Maine CTE Educators” training. This interactive professional development opportunity offers CTE instructors a practical working definition of literacy that lends itself to integration in a CTE curriculum. Participants in the training will leave with a set of literacy strategies that can be applied to their CTE instructional classrooms and shops.

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Posted in Career & Technical, Featured, High School, Instruction, Professional Development, Teachers

Former Maine teacher releases book on senior capstone

Posted on April 17, 2013 by | Leave a comment
Image of book cover - Unleashed to Learn: Empowering Students to Learn at Full Capacity

Linda C. Aronson developed the senior capstone at Hall-Dale High School and recently published this book out of her experience.

Linda Aronson, who taught for six years at Hall-Dale High School initiating and developing the senior capstone, has crafted the book Unleashed to Learn: Empowering Students to Learn at Full Capacity out of her experience. Part case study and part advocacy, Aronson describes her work at Hall-Dale and argues passionately for more learner-led education and performance assessment in schools.

Performance assessment–in which students pursue genuine interests, in real world settings, and in ways that suit their learning styles–is one of the keystones of Maine’s vision of proficiency-based/learner-centered education.  Continue reading →

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Posted in Dispatches, High School, Images, Kennebec County, Teachers

Being a Laker, then and now

Posted on April 17, 2013 by | 1 Comment

By Jamie Riel, teacher leader and student advocate, Lake Region High School

I joined the Lake Region High School community shortly after it was recognized as a failing school. Upon reflection, I am convinced there are few things that can be done to or said about a school that has a worse effect than being tagged with such a label. Teachers and staff had worked diligently to offer a quality educational experience to students, and many students worked hard to take advantage of those offerings. Continue reading →

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Posted in Cumberland County, Featured, Funding, High School, Students, Teachers

Senior reflects on Lake Region HS’s transformation

Posted on April 17, 2013 by | 1 Comment

By Kasey Huntress, senior, Lake Region High School

I’ve always been a big believer in school pride, and thus the changes that Lake Region High School went through after being identified as a “low-performing school” my freshman year were especially hard for me. I had chosen to attend Lake Region over a high school from a different district, and because of that, the bad press and insults surrounding our school following this identification angered me to no end. I had chosen to come to Lake Region because of the overwhelming sense of community and pride that I experienced every time I visited; the welcoming nature that made me feel as if this were the place that I belonged. Where was the press that exposed that side of our school?

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Posted in Cumberland County, Featured, Funding, High School, Students

Two Maine schools invited to participate in AP STEM Access program

Posted on April 17, 2013 by | Leave a comment

The College Board shared the following news release with the Maine DOE for publication.

AUGUSTA—Hampden Academy and Scarborough High School are among 800 schools across the country invited to participate in the AP STEM Access program, created to increase the number of traditionally underrepresented minority and female high school students that participate in Advanced Placement® courses in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines. Continue reading →

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Posted in Assessment, Cumberland County, Funding, High School, Penobscot County, Press Releases, Science & Technology, Students

Sign-up fifth grade classes for hurricane awareness webinars

Posted on April 17, 2013 by | Leave a comment

The University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography’s Hurricanes: Science and Society (HSS) project will present webinars for fifth grade classes in the Northeast region on May 8 and 15. Teachers may register their classes on the HSS website.

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Posted in Elementary School, Featured, Science & Technology, Students, Technology

Bonny Eagle eighth grader wins Maine Geographic Bee

Posted on April 17, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Archer Thomas, an eighth grader from Bonny Eagle Middle School, took top honors at the 2013 Maine state-level Geographic Bee held April 5 at the University of Maine Farmington. Thomas received $100 and the “Complete National Geographic on DVD,” and will represent Maine in the national finals of the Bee at National Geographic Society headquarters, May 20-22, 2013.

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Posted in Featured, Middle School, Social Studies, Students, York County

Commissioner explores “academies” at Lake Region HS

Posted on April 5, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Commissioner Stephen Bowen visited Lake Region High School and Lake Regional Vocational Center, both in RSU 61/SAD 61, Naples, to explore their project-based academies and new career and technical education facility as part of his Promising Practices Tour on Friday.

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Posted in Career & Technical, Cumberland County, High School, Listening Tour, Press Releases