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.
A first public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards has been released.
Educators and others now have a chance to review the draft standards. They can offer their feedback through an online survey until June 1.
Posted in Dispatches, Featured, News & Views, Science & Technology, Standards, Teachers
Dozens of students from across the state took public policy proposals to Maine’s capitol on Friday, where they presented them in legislative committee rooms and discussed them in the halls of the State House.
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.
Posted in Androscoggin County, Conferences, Featured, Health
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
When a company like Friendly’s struggles to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, desperate times often call for desperate measures.
Could students at Yarmouth High School help?
The Maine Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German is inviting German teachers to spend a week in Bar Harbor this summer developing their skills.
Preparing healthy school meals, promoting good nutrition habits, and offering a friendly greeting are all in a day’s work for the School Nutrition employees across Maine.
Beatrice Rafferty School students perform a Passamaquoddy song.
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