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 Oct. 24 in Lewiston.
Category: Professional Development
Conference looks at ‘literacy and the brain’
An October conference in Machias will bring together teachers, special educators, learning disabilities specialists, school psychologists, curriculum development specialists and school administrators to examine the neurological and cognitive deficits underlying the most common types of literacy problems.
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Two gifted-and-talented workshops this fall
The Maine Department of Education is sponsoring free workshops this fall for teachers and administrators new to working in and overseeing gifted and talented education programs.
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Schools focus on formative assessment
Formative assessment was the focus for nearly 200 teachers and administrators from schools across Maine earlier this month who attended a three-day training institute at Sunday River in Bethel.
Doing arts assessment right
By Jennifer Nash
PORTLAND — How can teachers equip the students of Maine to be better citizens, engaged learners and effective contributors to society? Inviting them to be integral players in the learning process is the key.
Upcoming training for early childhood educators
The U.S. liaison for an internationally known approach to early childhood education will speak in Maine twice this fall during a series of professional development sessions aimed at early childhood and elementary-school educators.
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Institute will stress literacy planning
Some 260 teachers and administrators from 27 Maine schools will gather at the University of Maine on Aug. 9 to draft action plans aimed at improving literacy instruction.
Conference allows deep exploration, collaboration
By Tim Follo
BRUNSWICK — Summer may mean vacation for students, but not for 155 of their teachers who spent three summer days recently at Bowdoin College for the annual Maine Learning Technology Initiative Summer Institute.
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Risk-taking as a route to transformation
Tony Wagner came to Maine this week with a message to which we in education should pay attention.
What we need to do isn’t get better at teaching within the system we have now. We need to retool our education system to teach the skills that take precedence in our 21st-century, knowledge-driven economy.
Wagner: Schools should retool, teach ‘survival skills’
ORONO – The world of the 21st century is a world that requires its citizens to be critical thinkers, collaborators, effective communicators, entrepreneurs and continuous learners.
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