The Chinese Language and Culture Center of Maine and the Bangor Chinese School are inviting school administrators, school board members, teachers, students, parents and others to attend the 2011 Maine Chinese Conference on Oct. 28 and 29 at Husson University in Bangor.
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Maine K-12 educators and pre-service educators have a special opportunity to learn about Maine Indians. The 5th Annual “Teach the Teachers” series is being hosted by the Penobscot Nation’s Cultural & Historic Preservation Department on four select days in October on Indian Island.
The Maine State Aquarium and the Maine Department of Marine Resources are inviting high school science teachers and career counselors to bring their students to the 2011 Marine Science Career Day on Nov. 16.
Students will benefit from the state’s leadership role in national effort on education standards
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The Maine Science Teachers Association will hold its annual conference on Friday, Oct. 7 at Gardiner Area High School.
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The Maine Robotics Season is underway for the 2011-12 school year.
Note: This dispatch was changed on Oct. 4, 2011, to reflect major agenda changes for this training event. Registration, scheduling and location information has not changed.
An October conference in Belfast will address the creation of safe school and home environments for students with autism, and support available to help people with disabilities to make the transition from school to adult life.
Continue reading “Revised: Training to address autism, transitions to adult life”
Teachers, administrators and school board members will gain insight into Maine’s implementation of the Common Core state standards and federal education policy during a daylong conference on Oct. 24 in Lewiston.
An October conference in Machias will bring together teachers, special educators, learning disabilities specialists, school psychologists, curriculum development specialists and school administrators to examine the neurological and cognitive deficits underlying the most common types of literacy problems.
Continue reading “Conference looks at ‘literacy and the brain’”
The Maine Department of Education is sponsoring free workshops this fall for teachers and administrators new to working in and overseeing gifted and talented education programs.
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