Virtual office hour schedule for Tuesday, March 31, 2020
The Maine Department of Education continues to schedule virtual office hours with Department Specialist to support educators and administrators during extended remote learning. During these meetings, our specialists will be available to provide support and guidance regarding distance learning and school supports, as well as to facilitate networking and resource sharing between educators.
As a reminder, virtual meeting schedules are regularly updated on this web page: https://www.maine.gov/doe/covid-19/contentmeetings. The Department will continue scheduling content specific office hours as needed.
Please note that Department staff hosting the virtual meetings have ramped up security measures to keep out participants that are attempting to hack into the meetings for reasons other than to participate in education related conversations.
Virtual Office Hours:
(Please note: some meetings have a 100 person max capacity.)
| FOCUS AREA | SPECIALIST | TIME | Meeting Info | CONTACT INFO |
| World Language K-12 | Lavinia Rogers | 7:00 | https://zoom.us/j/960451806 | lavinia.m.rogers@maine.gov |
| Brain Centered Emotional Support | Kellie Bailey | 8:30 | https://zoom.us/j/689251005 | kellie.bailey@maine.gov |
| Vocal and/or Classroom Music Office Hour | Jason Anderson | 10:00 | https://zoom.us/j/932663775 | jason.anderson@maine.gov |
| Instrumental and/or Classroom Music Office Hour | Jason Anderson | 11:00 | https://zoom.us/j/293287937 | jason.anderson@maine.gov |
| SEL – Open Office Hours | Kellie Bailey | 11:00 | https://zoom.us/j/5080785422 | kellie.bailey@maine.gov |
| School Nursing | Emily Poland | 11:00 | https://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/615139238 | emily.poland@maine.gov |
| SPPS/ SAC | Mary Adley | 9:00 | https://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/573175392 | tracy.w.whitlock@maine.gov |
| Pre K Open Office Hours | Nicole Madore | 9:00 | https://zoom.us/j/662314719 | nicole.madore@maine.gov |
| School Counseling: Open Office Hours | Bear Shea | 10:00 | https://zoom.us/j/598318140 | w.bear.shea@maine.gov |
| Physical Education | Jean Zimmerman | 10:00 | https://zoom.us/j/427083034 | jean.zimmerman@maine.gov |
| Special Services: Updates K-12 | Special Ed Consultants | 10:00 | https://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/345481083 | roberta.lucas@maine.gov |
| Adult Education Support Staff & Data | Kelley Heath | 10:00 | https://zoom.us/j/4701421480 | kelley.heath@maine.gov |
| Resources to Teach About World War I | Joe Schmidt w/ Kate Kennedy/George Stevens Academy & The World War I Museum | 11:00 | https://zoom.us/j/653281441 (Contact Joe Schmidt for password) |
joe.schmidt@maine.gov |
| Using C-SPAN Online Materials with your Class | Joe Schmidt w/ Keith Mahoney (Messalonskee MS) & CSPAN | 12:00 | https://zoom.us/j/472934340 (Contact Joe Schmidt for password) |
joe.schmidt@maine.gov |
| Elementary Literacy | Danielle Saucier | 1:00 | https://zoom.us/j/274055683 | danielle.m.saucier@maine.gov |
| Career and Education Development Networking | Diana Doiron | 2:00 | : https://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/906146496 | diana.doiron@maine.gov |
| Talking Maine History | Joe Schmidt w/ Libby Bischof/USM | 2:00 | https://zoom.us/j/719539379 (Contact Joe Schmidt for password) |
joe.schmidt@maine.gov |
| ELA 6-12: Developing Text Dependent Questions and Prompts in the Virtual Environment | Morgan Dunton | 3:00 | https://zoom.us/j/706662048 | morgan.dunton@maine.gov |
| Health Education focus on Suicde Prevention and Sexuality Education Online Lessons | Susan Berry and Jean Zimmerman | 3:00 | https://zoom.us/j/813346851 | susan.berry@maine.gov |
| Brain Centered Emotional Support | Bear Shea | 3:30 | https://zoom.us/j/689251005 | bear.shea@maine.gov |
| Social Studies PK-12 | Joe Schmidt | 4:00 | https://zoom.us/j/115612673 (Contact Joe Schmidt for password) |
joe.schmidt@maine.gov |
| World Language K-12 | Lavinia Rogers | 4:00 | https://zoom.us/j/962597546 | lavinia.m.rogers@maine.gov |