More Maine schools have the chance this fall to participate in Maine Course Pathways, a project that helps schools ensure their classes are covering the required academic standards.
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Category: Instruction
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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3 named Teacher of the Year finalists
One elementary school teacher, one high school math teacher and one high school English teacher are the state finalists for the title of 2012 Maine Teacher of the Year.
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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Physical Education Diploma Requirements
ADMINISTRATIVE LETTER: 48
POLICY CODE: IK
Bowen pays visit to science, math academy
The Maine Governor’s Academy for Science and Mathematics graduated its third cohort of teachers on June 30. Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen attended the group’s culminating session at Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg.
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Building project turns focus to instruction
Mount Blue High School and Foster Technology Center have long shared a campus. But the 750-student high school and 300-student technology center have been distinct buildings with distinct identities, divided by a glass walkway.
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Searsport stays ahead of the curve on standards
SEARSPORT – Representatives from more than 40 schools in Maine, Canada, Scotland and elsewhere have toured Searsport District High School over the past year.
Their mission?
Learn from a rural school of about 200 students – more than 60 percent of whom qualify for free- and reduced-priced lunches – that has executed a transformation by shifting entirely to a system of standards-based education.
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Buckfield teachers receive agriculture honor
The following is excerpted from a Maine Department of Agriculture press release.
AUGUSTA — Annette Caldwell and Gretchen Kimball, teachers at the Buckfield Junior/Senior High School in Buckfield, Maine, have received one of five top awards in the nation for “Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture.” This award is offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Agriculture in the Classroom (NAITC) Consortium. Teachers from all 50 states are eligible.
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