The Math Gates: Team teaching art and math

Art teacher Dona Seegers and RSU 38 math coach have collaborated in teaching art and math this school year at Mount Vernon Elementary School. They wrote this essay about their experience.

Team teaching art and math works!

We are motivated by the excitement of new ideas for presenting our subjects to the students, are eager to experiment and have infectious enthusiasm.

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Commission releases service-learning guide for Maine schools

The Maine Commission for Community Service has released a 72-page guide designed to help teachers effectively use service-learning in their classrooms.

“Service-Learning in Maine – A Guide to Implementing Quality Service-Learning” includes an overview of service-learning goals and strategies for Maine schools, a comprehensive instructional planning guide, and worksheets for both teachers and students.

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Photo: Deer Isle-Stonington High School Writing Center

Three students give the thumbs up sign in the Deer Isle-Stonington High School Writing Center.
Deer Isle-Stonington High School students Emily Cormier, Ann Dunham, and Esther Adams help their peers strengthen their writing skills as founding tutors of the school's new Writing Center. Writing Center tutors are enrolled in a course with teacher Lee Lehto that helps them improve their own writing and offer helpful feedback to others.

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Summer archaeological field school offered in South Berwick

Students, teachers, and history buffs interested in archaeology have an opportunity this summer to join a field school led by Southern Maine Community College adjunct professor Dr. Neill De Paoli and sponsored by the Old Berwick Historical Society.

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Education’s future is focus of MLTI Summer Institute

The 2012 Maine Learning Technology Initiative Summer Institute will focus on preparing for the future of education, in which learning is engaging and customized depending on the needs of each student, and technology is integrated safely and effectively.

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Creative approaches to nutrition focus of conference

Teachers and food service staff members from Maine schools are invited to a day-long, no-cost workshop focused on creative approaches to nutrition education. The workshop takes place April 30 at the Augusta Civic Center.

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