The Maine Department of Education is proposing changes to Chapter 101, “Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty,” a Maine Department of Education rule. Continue reading “Notice of Proposed Rule Change: Chapter 101, Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty”
Category: Newsroom Articles
Federal tax credit bond apps due
The Department will be accepting applications for the Federal Qualified School Construction Bond Program through Dec. 14, 2012.
Rule Chapter 33 Q & A updated
The Department has updated the Question and Answer document relating to Rule Chapter 33, “Rule Governing Physical Restraint and Seclusion.” Continue reading “Rule Chapter 33 Q & A updated”
Maine DOE nutrition staff provides training in Aroostook County
The Maine DOE nutrition staff has provided training to all local northern Aroostook County directors and some local staff regarding the new meal pattern.
Continue reading “Maine DOE nutrition staff provides training in Aroostook County”
International exchange and research opportunities for classroom teachers
Grants are available for educators to participate in international exchanges and research during the 2013-14 academic year through the Fulbright Classroom Teacher Exchange Program and the Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching Program.
Continue reading “International exchange and research opportunities for classroom teachers”
Rule Change Adoption: Chapter 4-A, Procedural Rule, Equal Educational Opportunity
Rule changes proposed for the Maine Human Rights Commission and the Department of Education, Rule Chapter 4-A,Procedural Rule, Equal Educational Opportunity, have been finally adopted.
Continue reading “Rule Change Adoption: Chapter 4-A, Procedural Rule, Equal Educational Opportunity”
Harvest Lunch Week a trend at Brooklin School
(Click to view more photos)
During Harvest Lunch Week, schools statewide are encouraged to incorporate Maine-made ingredients into their lunch menus. But at the Brooklin School in Hancock County, Harvest Lunch Week is nothing out of the ordinary – cook Lori Boyce serves local food every day of the year.
Instead of consuming instant mashed potatoes or from-the-box desserts, Brooklin students eat potatoes they dug up in the school’s garden and pumpkin bars baked with gourds they grew themselves.
Boyce makes nearly all her food from scratch, which is difficult yet feasible at a K-8 elementary with a 46-student enrollment for 2012-13.
Continue reading “Harvest Lunch Week a trend at Brooklin School”
Upcoming conference for career and technical educators
High school and community college career and technical education teachers will have a chance to discuss alignment of curriculum to Maine and industry standards, innovations in the trade areas, assessment agreements, and exemplary practices in the world of work at the annual CTE conference Friday, Oct. 5 at the Lewiston Regional Technical Center.
Continue reading “Upcoming conference for career and technical educators”
Amended guidance on federal sequestration
This is an update on the current status of the anticipated sequestration of federal funds as a result of the debt limit deal enacted by Congress on August 2, 2011. The President is required to issue a sequestration order, which will have immediate effect, no later than Jan. 2, 2013.
Continue reading “Amended guidance on federal sequestration”
Two Mitchell scholars study diplomacy abroad
This spring, the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) and the Mitchell Institute selected two exemplary, globally minded students from current Mitchell scholars to participate in an innovative diplomacy internship.
The 2012 CIEE and Mitchell Institute international fellows, Amanda Hall ’14 of Yale University and Spencer Traylor ’15 of Colby College, had the unprecedented opportunity of examining firsthand the elements that contribute to successful peace processes and public diplomacy and those factors that inhibit success in Belfast, Ireland and Amman, Jordan. Continue reading “Two Mitchell scholars study diplomacy abroad”
Maine DOE Newsroom 