Employers are required to display certain posters in the workplace where workers can see them. Rather than pay private companies for the posters, school districts, as well as Maine businesses, can obtain all copies of the posters for free. Continue reading “Required workplace law posters free to schools, businesses”
Category: News & Views
Finding my center
By Alana Margeson
July was a thrilling month as Maine Teacher of the Year—it involved Bill Gates and Space Camp. My head was spinning…in part from the amount of information to be digested from a national conference on educational policy, and in part due to the multi-axis trainer at Space Camp.
The 2012 Education Commission of the States National Forum on Educational Policy was held July 9 to 11 in Atlanta, Ga. All state teachers of the year were invited this year and were generously sponsored by Pearson Foundation to attend. Keynote speakers included Bill Gates, Sandra Day O’Connor, John Merrow and Michael Fullan. Presenters from all over the world offered more than two dozen sessions, from Common Core State Standards and assessments to reinvigorating civic education.
HEALTH ALERT: Update on pertussis (whooping cough) in Maine
We are sharing the following letter from the Maine Center for Disease Control, to whom we defer on all public health issues. Please share this letter with school principals and school nurses.
Maine, like many other states, has been experiencing an increasing number of pertussis (whooping cough) cases over the past year. Continue reading “HEALTH ALERT: Update on pertussis (whooping cough) in Maine”
Complimentary 2012-13 law books sent to all superintendents
The Maine Department of Education purchased enough copies of the Maine Education and School Statutes 2012-2013 edition law book from the publisher, Swan Island Press, to provide one at no charge to each superintendent of schools.
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HEALTH ALERT: Mosquito-borne illnesses and schools
We are sharing the following letter from Stephen Sears, MD MPH, State Epidemiologist, with the Maine Center for Disease Control, to whom we defer on all public health issues. Please share this letter with school principals and school nurses.
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New nutrition guidelines offer additional lunch reimbursement
There are many changes happening in school nutrition this year worth noting. School Food Authorities have the opportunity to receive an additional six cents per reimbursable lunch if they adhere to the new meal pattern and receive certification by the state. The additional reimbursement will become available to all certified SFAs Oct. 1, 2012.
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Reminder: Public School Approval Form (EF-I-291) due
Many school administrative units have not completed the Public School Approval Form (EF-I-291) at the individual school level or the school administrative unit level. Continue reading “Reminder: Public School Approval Form (EF-I-291) due”
Online training for reporting abuse, neglect
Teachers, guidance counselors, administrators, bus drivers and others responsible for student welfare in school are required by Maine law to report to their supervisors or to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services whenever they have reasonable cause to suspect child abuse or neglect has occurred.
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Maine residents join first forum online to discuss ESEA flexibility draft
A small group of Maine residents joined an online forum Monday night to provide Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen with feedback on the Department’s draft proposal for flexibility under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
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Join statewide discussion on ESEA flexibility
Well, the time has come.
For nearly the past year, we’ve been working on a proposal for flexibility under the decade-old No Child Left Behind Act (or Elementary and Secondary Education Act). Maine will submit its application by Sept. 6, and it’s important to us to involve the public one more time as we finalize a plan for creating a better school accountability and improvement system.
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