Students praise learner-centered instruction at RTI conference

Hall-Dale High School seniors Anais Truman, Spencer Shagoury, Harry Cheung and Kurt Thiele present at the statewide RTI Conference.
Hall-Dale High School seniors (from left) Anais Truman, Spencer Shagoury, Harry Cheung and Kurt Thiele present at the statewide RTI Conference.
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Teachers, administrators and superintendents eager to incorporate response to intervention (RTI) and student-centered learning practices into their curricula flooded the Augusta Civic Center for breakout training sessions at the Experts Down the Hall conference on Monday. But it was seven RSU 2 students who stole the show during the student panel on learner-centered instruction.

This year’s Hall-Dale High School seniors will be the first graduating class to have spent all four secondary education years in a student-centered learning environment—and they raved about their experience.

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Commissioner’s Update – October 25, 2012

Commissioner’s Update – October 25, 2012
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We know that districts look to us for subsidy information in as timely a fashion as possible each spring.

It’s a significant task preparing the information, and one that we cannot even begin until we have all the data from individual school districts. Please do your part to make sure we can provide you with the information you need by getting us the information we need.

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