Earlier this week in Orono, more than 200 professionals who work with our students attended the Positive Youth Development Institute: three days of workshops focused on brain development, 21st-century survival skills and classroom practices designed to keep students engaged with their learning.
At Bowdoin College in Brunswick, participants in the Maine Learning Technology Initiative Summer Institute today are going through their third day of exercises aimed at integrating technology in all aspects of learning.
And at Sugarloaf Mountain, the professionals charged with safely transporting our students to and from school and elsewhere are meeting for four days of sharing best practices and sharpening skills. The State Transportation Safety Conference began Tuesday and wraps up Friday.
While this week is packed with professional development, it’s no anomaly.
Next week, arts educators will gather at the Maine College of Art in Portland for the four-day-long Arts Assessment Institute. And later in the month, our food service professionals will convene at Sunday River.
— Stephen Bowen
ACTION ITEMS
- ADMIN LTR: Physical education diploma requirements
- NOTICE: DOE finalizes special ed awards
- NOTICE: ARRA data reporting reopened
- REMINDER: Reporting requirement changes
- REPORTING: EF-T-21 Bus Safety & Training Report, July 31
- REPORTING: EF-T-24 Vehicle Inventory Form (Pupil Transportation), July 31
- REPORTING: EF-U-433 No Child Left Behind Performance Report, Aug. 1
- REPORTING: NCLB Consolidated Application, Aug. 1
- REPORTING: Food Service Requirements, Aug. 15
- REPORTING: End-of-Year Financial Reports, Aug. 25
- REPORTING: Local Entitlement Year End Report (formerly EF-S-09E), Sept. 1
- REPORTING: Transportation Data for Out-of-District Special Education, Homeless and CTE Students, Sept. 15
- REPORTING: Title VI Rural Low-Income Performance Report, Sept. 15
- REPORTING: Application for Leased and Lease-Purchased Instructional Space, Sept. 15
- REPORTING: Application for Conversion of Approved Leased Space to Permanent Space, Sept. 15
- REPORTING: Local Entitlement Application (formerly EF-S-08), Sept. 15
- REPORTING: EF-M-240 Year End Report of Private Schools, Sept. 15
- REPORTING: Special Education Tuition Report EF-S-07, Sept. 16
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NEWS & VIEWS
Wagner: Schools should retool, teach ‘survival skills’
Our public education system needs a makeover with an eye toward equipping students with the “Seven Survival Skills” required of citizens in the 21st century, says Tony Wagner, author of “The Global Achievement Gap” and Education Innovation Fellow at Harvard University. | More
Risk-taking as a route to transformation
Just as risk-taking is prized in the private sector as a route to innovation, we need to prize risk-taking in education as a route to necessary transformation. By Stephen Bowen | More
Task force to explore early college options
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has announced the creation of a 19-member task force that will make recommendations on expanding early college and other post-secondary education opportunities for high school students. | More
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