The Maine Department of Education is supporting a Math-Science Partnership project to support the implementation of Common Core math and English language arts standards.
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Category: Standards
Maine Learning Results standards, implementation of the Common Core State Standards and the development of the Next Generation Science Standards
Sign up to attend customized learning workshop
UPDATE: This consortium is a four-day training split into two parts. The first part is Dec. 3-4; the second part is Feb. 6-7.
All Maine educators are invited to hear about the customized learning vision for Maine schools at one of the Maine Cohort for Customized Learning’s upcoming consortium: “Designing a Standards-Based, Customized Learning Community.”
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Science workshops focus on Framework, standards
Maine educators will have the chance to learn more about the framework for K-12 Science Education Vision at two workshops held on September 20 and October 25, 2012.
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Showcasing success
Over the next three weeks I’ll be travelling the state visiting schools and programs to showcase the Maine DOE’s strategic plan which we developed last year with input from hundreds of teachers, parents, students, taxpayers, and others. Whereas last time I was listening for ideas, this time I’m sharing the product of those ideas so we can talk about how to make this vision happen.
Bowen statement on passage of ed bills
CORRECTION: A previous version of this release contained the wrong LD number and linked to the wrong bill for the second item below, LD 1779. It has been corrected.
Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen issued the following statement Thursday following legislative approval on Wednesday of several key education bills, including: LD 1422, which requires that the state’s public schools transition to a proficiency-based diploma; LD 1779, which moves Maine career and technical education programs toward the full adoption of national industry standards; and LD 1865, which makes it easier for students to access career and technical education courses.
First draft of science standards released; feedback welcomed
A first public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards has been released.
Educators and others now have a chance to review the draft standards. They can offer their feedback through an online survey until June 1.
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3 regional social studies workshops scheduled
Three workshop sessions designed for middle- and high-school social studies teachers will help participants connect with other social studies teachers in their region and explore ways that the Common Core State Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies can support thinking and learning in their content area.
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Webinar: Common Core’s implications for Social Studies
The Maine Department of Education’s social studies specialist, Kristie Littlefield, will conduct a series of webinars on the Common Core State Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, designed specifically for social studies teachers.
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Literacy conference emphasizes Common Core planning
The Maine Department of Education’s Summer Literacy Institute will bring together teams of educators to work on school and district plans for implementing the Common Core State Standards for English language arts, as well as the Common Core’s literacy standards for social studies, science and technical subjects.
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CTE instructors contribute to national career readiness tests
Students taking video production, visual and performing arts, sound engineering and other multimedia courses at career and technical education centers across Maine regularly take assessments to determine whether they’ve mastered the course expectations.
Soon, multimedia students won’t be taking just any test, but an assessment that tests their mastery of the skills considered important by the businesses that might some day employ them. And their teachers will have had a hand in developing the test.
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