Staff members at the Maine DOE worked with colleagues at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services and with partners in higher education to craft a plan that sets consistent standards of quality for our current patchwork of early learning programs and offers the programs incentives to subscribe to those high standards. The plan also proposes improvements that will make it easier for families to make informed early childhood care and education decisions, and proposes significant investments in the resources available to train Maine’s workforce of early childhood educators.
If we’re fortunate enough to receive Race to the Top funding, the benefits will be widespread and longlasting. The funding will help us add to the solid foundation for early learning we already have in Maine.
And the results are something the professionals in our public schools will notice. The high-needs children who enter kindergarten with a solid educational foundation will enter our state’s schools ready to succeed.
— Stephen Bowen
ACTION ITEMS
Administrative Letters
- Notice of Proposed Rule Change: Chapter 64, School Facilities Program
- Notice of Proposed Rule Change: Chapter 101, Maine Unified Special Education Regulations
Notices
Reporting
Please note: We generally provide notice of requirements only once. Please check the Reporting Calendar (link below) regularly for a list of ALL upcoming items.
- No new reporting requirements this week.
NEWS & VIEWS
Maine submits Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge application
AUGUSTA — Maine has submitted an ambitious, yet realistic, plan to the federal government to strengthen the quality of early learning and development programs for the state’s youngest citizens. | More
750 attend conference on technology in education
Educators from across Maine joined the Association of Computer Technology Educators of Maine, or ACTEM, at the group’s 25th annual conference on Oct. 13-14 at the Augusta Civic Center. | More
Thanks to the DHHS and DOE leaders who worked tirelessly with others to craft this RTT/EC application and focus. Having read the proposal, one can clearly see the degree to which collaboration was achieved promoting quality for all early childhood programs and services. Kudos!!!!