The Maine STEM Collaborative is inviting educators and representatives from the business, non-profit and government communities to attend the third bi-annual STEM summit.
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Category: Professional Development
Conference offers resources, strategies on financial literacy
The Maine JumpStart Coalition is inviting teachers at all levels to attend the Fostering Financial Literacy in Maine Schools Conference at the Augusta Civic Center on April 26.
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Maine schools to share successes at regional conference
Teams from three Maine schools will share their stories about boosting student success through teacher leadership, building student-centered systems and focusing on the transition from middle to high school at a regional conference in March focused on school-wide improvement strategies.
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Harvard institute focuses on coordinated PreK-3 approach
Teams of Maine educators can apply to attend a four-day institute at the Harvard Graduate School of Education this spring that focuses on implementing a coordinated approach to instruction from pre-Kindergarten through grade three.
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Curriculum group offers 2nd Common Core conference
Teachers, administrators and school board members will gain insight into Maine’s implementation of the Common Core state standards and federal education policy during a daylong conference on Jan. 27 in Brewer.
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ATOMIM offers Algebra readiness discussion series
ATOMIM, the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Maine, will be holding a series of “Dine and Discuss” events on the topic of Algebra readiness.
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Physical Ed teachers honored at conference
The Maine Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance recognized the 2011 Physical Education Teachers of the Year at the group’s 66th annual conference in November.
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Three programs offer schools international connections
Note: This dispatch has been updated to reflect an extended application deadline for the Teachers of Critical Languages Program listed below.
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. State Department and the American Councils for International Education are offering schools the chance to participate in three fully funded programs aimed at fostering international knowledge and connections. Each program has a winter 2012 application deadline.
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Challenging times, and a path forward
Below are the remarks I delivered to curriculum leaders, superintendents and school board members at separate conferences last week.
Science, math school offers summer camp for teachers
The Maine School of Science and Mathematics in Limestone is inviting science, technology, engineering and math educators to participate in a free, week-long professional development summer camp from July 22 to 28, 2012.
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