Governor Paul R. LePage has nominated Dr. William Beardsley to be Commissioner of the Maine Department of Education. Beardsley has been with Maine DOE since October as acting commissioner.
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Mathematics & ELA/literacy assessment information for 2015-16
The Department’s Maine Comprehensive Assessment System (MeCAS) website pages are updated to include information on the spring 2016 English Language Arts/Literacy and mathematics assessment.
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Save the date: 2016 Commissioner’s Conference for Superintendents
The 105th Commissioner’s Conference for Superintendents will be held Sunday, June 26 through Tuesday, June 28.
Location, registration information and a detailed agenda will be available in the coming weeks.
Changes in oversight of educational program for State wards in out-of-state programs
In an effort to better meet the needs of children who are in the legal custody of the Department of Health and Human Services, who are placed residentially by that agency in an out-of-state program, and who are receiving special education services, the Maine Department of Education will be assuming responsibility for overseeing the educational programming for those children as the State is responsible for them.
Notice of new rule: Chapter 41 instruction related to use of CPR and AEDs in public schools
The following rule, Chapter 41: Offering Instruction Related to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and the Use of an Automated Defibrillator in Maine Public Schools, requires public schools to offer training to students on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use automated external defibrillators.
FFA opportunities brought to Foster Technology Center
Members of the Maine FFA Association (formerly known as “Future Farmers of America”) had a chance to share more about their organization with students in the forestry program at the Foster Technology Center in Farmington.
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A mathematics three-part series professional development update
This year, the Maine Department of Education is bringing together approximately 200 teachers of mathematics to learn about and implement practices that support student engagement and learning in a professional development series titled, “Connecting Mathematics Instruction to Support Student Engagement and Understanding (K-12).”
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2015 Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey results available
Maine students reported fewer of them are engaged in sexual relations, one third of high school students report they have used vapor cigarettes, and 30-day alcohol use has decreased among high schoolers. These results and more can be found in the 2015 Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey (MIYHS).
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“Content Corner” launches instructional resources for impactful learning
The Maine DOE introduces the first of three collections of articles for the 2015-16 school year in the “Content Corner,” resources designed to support teaching and learning in Maine classrooms and make connections to classroom applications and research.
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CTE safety program grant
The Maine Career and Technical Education team is pleased to be able to offer secondary CTE schools an opportunity to update and renew their safety checklists and policies. The CTE team has provided a Perkins targeted grant to David Dorr, Director, Somerset Career and Technical Center to facilitate this joint project.
