Oxford Hills Technical School students spruced up a van through their auto collision program, but it’s more than just a facelift. Their technical skills and safety knowledge and their attention to detail led to an increased mobility, a little camouflage and a brighter day. Read about the March surprise here.
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Building safe and supportive school environments
Many people who grow up in Maine experience small town pride and friendly neighbors, which helps create a welcoming community in a school. School is considered a place that is safe because there are caring adults, supportive friends, and opportunity through extra-curricular activities to explore interests. No matter where a student lives though, today some students feel they are not safe at school. Some feel they do not all have supports, and some feel they are not given opportunities to shine through unique experiences.
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Maine DOE staff recognized for years of service
Acting Education Commissioner Bill Beardsley honored 19 team members for years of service today at the Department, representing a long-standing commitment to Maine’s citizens. Collectively, this group has dedicated over 560 years as employees of State government.
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Maine’s public preschool programs and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
The following information is provided to ensure that all Maine school districts are aware that Section 504 applies to public 4-year old programs. If districts are in partnership with Head Start programs, both entities are responsible for adhering to the requirements of this law. Section 504 is not the responsibility of Child Development Services (CDS).
New School Nurse Orientation training: concussions to bugs and more
Forty new school nurses came to Augusta to attend a school nurse orientation sponsored by the Maine Department of Education this month.
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Maine Arts Education Advocacy Day
Last week, National and Maine Arts Education Advocacy Day was celebrated; a celebration in Maine that was organized by the Maine Alliance for Arts Education directed by Susan Potters. The celebration featured nearly 150 students from all 16 counties who came to the State House to articulate the importance of arts education to legislators and guests.
MLTI to refresh some middle school Apple classrooms; others have option
The Maine Department of Education will be refreshing all seventh and eighth grade 2013 Apple Primary (iPads) and Apple Alternate (MacBook Air) school classrooms with not only new devices, but with increased services and professional learning opportunities for the upcoming school year.
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Department participates in cyber breach training
Maine Department of Education recently participated in Cyber Storm V (CSV), a biennial national exercise conducted by the Department of Homeland Security and facilitated by Maine Emergency Management Agency and the Office of Information Technology.
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NEO Staff coming up on a year
Last summer the Maine Department of Education’s Data Management System (MEDMS) staff data collection was transferred into a new system called NEO Staff. During that transition time, NEO Staff required a lot of manual data entry because of the limited amount of data that was able to be brought forward into NEO from MEDMS.
Transportation departments invited to participate in national safety survey
While school buses remain incredibly safe, students are most vulnerable when they are outside the bus and within in the danger zone. This is why Maine school bus drivers have been invited to collect survey data about illegal passing to help improve safety countermeasures at the state or national level.
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