The Maine Department of Education is accepting nominations for the 2014 Maine Teacher of the Year through Feb. 1, 2013. Anyone — parents, students, fellow teachers, administrators — can nominate a teacher for this special recognition.
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On Monday I had the opportunity to attend an incredible event at the Cole Land Transportation Museum in Bangor. Three middle school and three high school students read their winning essays based on interviews with veterans, arranged by the Museum and the Cole Family Foundation.
It’s one thing to create a museum and fill it with jeeps and a locomotive and other vehicles (and don’t get me wrong – this is impressive). It’s another to actively connect people together with a strong educational component. Cole, largely through the efforts of its founder and the founder’s son, has done both.
Continue reading “Commissioner’s Update – November 15, 2012”
Beginning with the November subsidy checks, General Purpose Aid for Local Schools will reflect adjustments for MaineCare Seed payments by the Maine DOE made on behalf of school administrative units in March, April, May and June 2012 for students at Special Purpose Private Schools.
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NoteShare Notebooks containing the complete Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, organized by grade span, have been developed by the Maine DOE to further expand professional development offerings. Continue reading “New approach to implementing Common Core standards for math”
The Maine Department of Education has been notified of the requirement to submit Maine teacher shortage areas by Dec. 14, 2012 for designation by the U.S. Department of Education for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years.
This is a reminder that the responsibility for special education and related services for homeless children and youth with disabilities rests with the “school of origin.” Continue reading “Review districts’ responsibilities for homeless children with disabilities”
The Maine Department of Education has completed its review of FY 2013 leased space applications and posted the results of its review online at www.maine.gov/education/const/lease/home.htm. Continue reading “Leased space approvals posted online”
The Department is accepting applications for the School Bus Refurbishment Pilot Program beginning Nov. 16. Continue reading “Apply for school bus refurbishment pilot program”
The Department is working with career and technical instructors to help them incorporate teaching of literacy skills to their students in a way that is aligned to the new, more rigorous and appropriate Common Core State Standards.
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Four state finalists for the 2012 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching were recognized at a dinner held in their honor on Nov. 9.
The four Maine finalists are Lauree Gott, a science teacher at Veazie Community School; Sally Plourde, a second grade teacher at Prides Corner School in Westbrook; Elizabeth Vickery, a kindergarten teacher at Cushing Community School; and Karen Jagolinzer, a fifth grade teacher at Frank H. Harrison Middle School in Yarmouth.
