The Maine Curriculum Leaders Association (MCLA) Board of Directors seeks nominations for its 2013 Maine Curriculum Leader of the Year award.
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Category: Professional Development
Leadership program offered to superintendents, principals
Maine Development Foundation is accepting applications for the beta class of Leadership Maine: Education Leaders Experience now through June 1. Once again, we are partnering with Unum and the Maine Principals’ Association to offer an exceptional program for K-12 educational leaders. Participants in the program refine their leadership skills and join a vibrant community of business and community leaders in Maine as they create a thriving state for our students and neighbors.
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K-8 educators invited to summer iPad retreat
Registration for iPadagogy, a summer retreat for educators on using iPads in the K-8 classroom, is now open. This relaxing, casual retreat, held June 23-25 at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, will include cutting-edge presentations by teachers, school technology staff, guest speakers and educational administrators, all sharing their expertise and experiences in the use of iPads as an educational tool.
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Attend CTE literacy training
Maine Administrators of Career and Technical Education (MACTE) and the Maine DOE CTE team are co-sponsoring a day-long “Developing Instructional Literacy Strategies for Maine CTE Educators” training. This interactive professional development opportunity offers CTE instructors a practical working definition of literacy that lends itself to integration in a CTE curriculum. Participants in the training will leave with a set of literacy strategies that can be applied to their CTE instructional classrooms and shops.
Register for Emergency Preparedness Conference
The fifth annual Maine Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference will focus on school emergency preparedness lessons and is open to superintendents, principals and school emergency preparedness teams.
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Service-learning guide for teachers released
The Maine Commission for Community Service has released Establishing Service-Learning in Maine School Districts, a follow-up publication to the Commission’s service-learning guide for teachers. The guide is available at no cost for download.
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Maine teachers have opportunity to teach in Taiwan
Through a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Education in the Republic of China (Taiwan), the Maine Department of Education invites new and experienced licensed teachers to apply to the Teaching in Taiwan program. The selected educators will teach English to students in Taiwan in public elementary and junior high schools (grades K-9) for one academic year beginning in August 2013.
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Attend Maine Cohort for Customized Learning workshop
All Maine educators are invited to hear about the customized learning vision for Maine schools at the Maine Cohort for Customized Learning’s upcoming consortium: “Designing a Standards-Based, Customized Learning Community.”
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Educators invited to financial literacy in schools conference
Educators, administrators and counselors who are interested in improving the financial capability of Maine students should register for the fourth annual “Fostering Financial Literacy in Maine Schools Conference.” The conference will also feature free financial education resources for K-12 and college-age students and a variety of workshops presented by classroom teachers and financial literacy experts.
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ELA/Literacy Summer Institute scheduled
As the transition to implementation of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy continues, the Maine Department of Education invites school/district teams to attend a two-day event to explore transition issues and advance professional development plans.
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