The Maine DOE is seeking recommendations through May 1 for the 2015 Maine Educator Talent Pool.
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ACCESS for ELLs® testing window closes, materials due to MetriTech
The ACCESS for ELLs® testing window is set to close Friday, Jan. 30 and districts are required to pack and return all testing material to MetriTech by Feb. 6.
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Transition Career Exploration Workshop offered
The Maine DOE’s State Personnel Development Grant and the Maine Department of Labor’s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) have partnered to offer schools a free e-workshop that helps students discover employment possibilities.
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Department reschedules NEO facilities training sessions
A NEO facilities training has been rescheduled to Feb. 12 due a snowstorm this week.
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Requirements change for bus driver physicals
The Maine DOE has updated its physical form for bus drivers, which can be found here on the Department’s website along with instructions.
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Maine students invited to share vision in digital storytelling challenge
Maine schools are invited to enter a free digital storytelling competition that asks students to share their visions for the future.
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Mike Muir joins Maine DOE as Learning Through Technology Director
The Maine DOE has selected one of the state’s leading learning technology integrators and a 30-year veteran educator to head its Learning Through Technology Team, which administers the groundbreaking 1:1 Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI). Continue reading “Mike Muir joins Maine DOE as Learning Through Technology Director”
LePage Administration proposes public charter school funding fix
The LePage Administration is proposing legislation that would have the Maine DOE make monthly payments directly to approved public charter schools starting in FY16, the same way the Department has long distributed funds to traditional public school districts. Currently, districts that lose students to public charter schools are billed directly by the receiving charter school.
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Schoolwide Plan due, Department schedules webinar
The Maine DOE is hosting a webinar next month to provide guidance to Title I schools as they complete their Schoolwide Plan, which now must be submitted to the Department.
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Maine FFA students discover Agricultural Trades Show
Left to right: Representative Anthony J. Edgecomb, Maine House District 148 (Fort Fairfield), Carly Grass, Maine FFA Vice President, Tyler Raymond, Maine FFA Reporter-Sentinel, Jordan Canney, Maine FFA Secretary-Treasurer, Whitnie Bradbury, Maine FFA President, Senator Peter Edgecomb, Maine Senate District 1 (Caribou)
Student leaders from the Maine FFA Association (formerly known as “Future Farmers of America”) traveled to the 74th annual Maine Agricultural Trades Show at the Augusta Civic Center last week to visit with representatives of organizations and companies involved in agriculture and natural resources and to update them on the status of Maine FFA, which currently has more than 500 members in 16 chapters across the state.
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