The seventh annual Comprehensive Sexuality Education Conference on April 5 attracted more than 160 participants from across Maine.
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World language teachers invited to summer institute
Summer institute will kick off initiative focused on standards-based instruction and assessment in world languages classes
World languages teachers are invited to apply to attend the 2012 World Languages in Maine Schools Summer Institute from June 27-30 at the University of Maine at Farmington.
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Summer institute focuses on customized, engaged learning
This summer’s Maine Middle Level Institute will bring together middle-school educators and others from across the state to focus on customizing learning for each student and implementing the rigorous Common Core State Standards in their classrooms.
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Clear expectations, rigorous evaluations, continued growth
If this legislative session results in the passage of just one bill that brings about major improvements to our educational system, this would be it: LD 1858.
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Bowen hails “most significant” education legislation this year
AUGUSTA – Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen called Thursday’s enactment of Gov. Paul LePage’s teacher effectiveness bill a major advancement for the improvement of education in Maine.
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Commissioner’s Update – April 5, 2012
That’s why Gov. LePage this winter introduced legislation aimed at ensuring that all students are taught by effective teachers who have access to high-quality and constructive performance evaluations that help them grow as professionals. It’s also why our strategic plan released a few months ago devotes substantial attention to ensuring great teachers and leaders.
As part of that effort to ensure great school leadership, the Department of Education is sponsoring a weeklong leadership institute this summer at Sugarloaf. Rarely in Maine do current and aspiring school leaders have the chance to receive training not in day-to-day operations, but in the leadership skills necessary to leading a school through significant improvement.
The leadership institute from July 9-13, called “Building Capacity for Transformational Leadership,” will offer district teams a chance to hear from guest speakers with valuable insights, an opportunity to learn from other Maine educators about what has worked and what hasn’t in undertaking improvement efforts, and time to work with colleagues to start piecing together plans for implementing district-level improvements.
I hope to see many of you there.
Aroostook teachers make classrooms inquiry-based
Science teachers, agricultural science teachers and student-teachers from the middle- and high-school levels used chemicals, metals and a motor to develop a functioning battery; creatively presented the steps of photosynthesis; and simulated antibiotic treatments, collecting data on their effectiveness in the process.
The activities were part of a training in inquiry-based instruction recently at Washburn District High School, and exercises the teachers could deploy in their classroom.
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April is Month of the Military Child
April is the Month of the Military Child.
In Maine, more than 4,000 school-aged children have parents who are preparing to deploy for military service, are currently deployed, or are preparing to be reunited with their families.
Conference focuses on bullying prevention plans
A May conference in Bangor will bring together middle-school students, their teachers and administrators to plan how they can prevent bullying against students with disabilities in their schools.
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Portland students to Maine peers: Plan a service project
Lincoln Middle School students challenge Maine youth to create community change on Global Youth Service Day, April 20-22
PORTLAND — Lincoln Middle School students, leaders in service projects that have greatly benefited their campus and neighborhood, are celebrating Global Youth Service Day 2012 (April 20-22), joining millions of other young people around the world who are creating community change as part of Global Youth Service Day, the world’s largest and longest-running service event.
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