Maine K-12 Public School Parent Store All parents of students in k12 public school in the up to attend training providedby the maine Center for th grade students will arrive in schools this month http://www.state.me.us/newsletter/august2002/maine_k.htm
Extractions: A Publication Featuring The Information Services Technology of Maine State Government Volume V, Issue 8 August 2002 Apple is pleased to extend the benefits of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) through a custom web store developed just for Maine public school parents. All parents of students in K-12 public school in the state of Maine are eligible to take advantage of this special offer to purchase Apple products; see http://www.apple.com/education/maineparent/ for details. Did you know? During this summer, over 1,350 Maine teachers signed up to attend training provided by the Maine Center for Educational Services under the Laptop Project (MLTI) contract in 18 locations around the state? 16,780 Apple iBooks to be used by 7 th grade students will arrive in schools this month? Up Challenge for August GIS Data for Municipal Planning ISPB/ISMG Security Team ... Maine Arts Commission New Web Site [ Maine K-12 Public School Parent Store ] Maine Products Marketing Program Maine.Gov Recognized! National Weather Radio Transmitter Sites Update ProjExGIS - MDOT's Planning Perspective ... Transitions for August
Extractions: click for a page with many links to different search engines Grants National Semi-Conductor Internet Innovator Awards General Resources Technology Self-Assessments - Bellingham's Public Schools online technology self-assessments. Achieve - This site provides resources for students and teachers k-12 and contains an easily navigable desk top for locating tips for parents and students, brainteasers, and fun facts. Ad*Access Searchable database of historical advertisements Amazon One of the mega-stores for books, music, and videos. Apple Learning Interchange - This librarian-recommended site provides teacher education resources, curriculum links, and lesson plans tied to state and national standards. ArcaMax Ezines Sign up for e-mail: daily quote, health fact, science news, etc Awesome Library K-12 Education Directory Searchable collection of links by category and levels Big Chalk - This curriculum site contains k-12 materials in a searchable, flexible framework. It also contains helpful lesson plans and chats with other teachers. Busy Teachers Web-Site - Beginner-friendly index to source materials, plans, and activities.
State Report 2002 The Foreign Language Association of maine (FLAME) continues its efforts to advocatefor k12 language programs in all schools, primarily through its Advocacy http://www.ncssfl.org/maine2002.htm
Extractions: Go to 1999 Report 1. State: MAINE 2. Preparer: Donald Reutershan 3. Title: 4. Address: Maine Department of Education, 23 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0023 5. Phone: 6. Fax: 7. E-Mail don.reutershan@state.me.us 8. Trends in foreign language enrollment: 30% of all K-8 students, 54.5% of all 9-12 students, and 38% of al K-12 students were enrolled in a modern or classical language program during the 2001-2002 school year. In comparison with the previous year's data, these percentages reflect slight increases (1.0% - 2.5%). 33% of all elementary schools (schools or portion of schools with instruction in any combination of K-8) and 100% of all secondary schools offered instruction in one or more foreign languages. French programs had the largest enrollment (37%), followed by Spanish (33%), Exploratory (21%), Latin (6%), German (2%) and other (1%). The data reflect all public and private schools. 9. New or proposed state legislation affecting language study:
Maine Report All secondary schools must offer at least one two areas specified in the statelegislatedMaine Learning Results skills for all students in grades k-12 (with a http://www.ncssfl.org/maine2000.htm
Extractions: Go to Maine 1999 Report State: MAINE Preparer: Donald Reutershan Title: Address: Maine Department of Education, 23 State House Station, Augusta, ME Phone: Fax: E-Mail don.reutershan@state.me.us Trends in foreign language enrollment: 15% of all K-6 students, 52% of all 7-12 students, 54% of all 9-12 students, and 32% of all K-12 students were enrolled in a modern or classical language program during the 1999-2000 school year. In comparison with the previous years data, these percentages reflect slight increases (0.5%-3.5%). 20% of all elementary schools, 78% of all middle/junior high schools, and 100% of all high schools offered some type of language program. French programs had the largest enrollment (35%), followed by Spanish (33%), Exploratory (22%), Latin (6%), German (2%), and other (2%). Data reflect all public and private schools. New or proposed state legislation affecting language study: Proposed change (by Maine Dept of Ed) to state legislation in January 2001: By the end of the 2003-2004 school year, each LEA will address in a comprehensive education plan how it will implement the content area of foreign languages in Maine's Learning Results for all students. By the end of the 2006-07 school year, each LEA will implement standards in all content areas, unless the Commissioner of Education has approved a waiver of this requirement. (This is conditional upon full implementation of funding based on Essential Programs and Services or its equivalent.) By the 2009-2010 school year, high school graduation will be determined by student achievement of the standards in all content areas of Maine's Learning Results, based on the LEA's comprehensive assessment system in addition to other requirements as established by local policy.
121leg_agenda If there are no new taxes or reallocation of resources in favor of education, Crouseexpects hard times for k-12 schools, the University of maine System, and http://www.maine.nea.org/dir3/121leg_agenda.htm
Budget_woes may exist and threatens the high quality of maines schools. In more prosperoustimes, the State Board of Education concluded that k12 schools needed an http://www.maine.nea.org/dir3/budget_woes.htm
Extractions: Budget Woes Chill Schools "Given the states budget deficit it is hard to fault Governor John Baldaccis proposal for a 1% increase in General Purpose Aid to K-12 schools," says MEA Executive Director Mark L. Gray, "but it is still hard to take." With Maine facing a $1.1 billion shortfall over its next biennial budget and a flagging economy, Baldacci froze spending for state government and higher education. Gray believes it will be impossible to increase spending levels without new taxes and that, he says, is an uphill battle. MEA staff completed an initial analysis of the budget and its impact on education is painful. K-12 School Funding The proposed budget increase of 1% stalls any momentum on Learning Results that may exist and threatens the high quality of Maines schools. In more prosperous times, the State Board of Education concluded that K-12 schools needed an additional 6% in state aid to implement Learning Results standards. The 1% increase is a death knell for many programs and services as few communities will be able to make up for the loss. Local property taxes are still saturated from assuming education costs displaced by the state in the 1990s.
Extractions: Washington, D.C. 20001-2079 Dear Ms. Glidden, All of us working on implementing standards in Maine schools appreciate the work the American Federation of Teachers has undertaken to raise awareness of the importance of standards in improving both student performance and public perception of our public schools. However, I regret to report that I do not find the ratings system in AFT's 1999 draft of Making Standards Matter to provide accurate or useful information about the overall quality of Maine's statewide standards, the Learning Results. Quality Standards vs. A Common Curriculum First, I must disagree with one of the basic premises of your rating process: that the more prescriptive statewide standards, the better. Despite giving lip service to the need for local instructional flexibility, your ratings criteria quite clearly equate strong standards with a common statewide core curriculum. The main rationale given for your expectations of specificity in state standards is that quality standards will be specific enough to create a common curriculum. A common curriculum is not the same as a common set of standards for what students should know and be able to do at each grade level. Standards define acceptable outcomes; the curriculum is one of the inputs.
Extractions: AFT Home PreK-12/Educational Issues Welcome Calendar of Events ... Contact Us Redesigning Schools To Raise Achievement: CSRD Program State CSRD Contacts The following list provides CSRD contacts for most state Departments of Education. The list represents a compilation of information available through Regional Education Lab Web sites. The Department of Education has also posted a list of state CSRD contacts. If you are unable to contact someone in the AFT list, you may find additional information at the Department of Education site: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/compreform/contact.html LSS Database of State CSRD Applications
USM CEHD- Academics recently expanded to include selected schools in Sanford The Western maine site offersa unique opportunity educational program for all students, k12, and the http://www.usm.maine.edu/cehd/grad2.htm
Extractions: Faculty Bios Special Education ETEP: homepage The Extended Teacher Education Program (ETEP) and Special Education program offer a joint, K-8 special education/K-8 general education certification program. The 54-credit hour program spans approximately 14 months, from June to the following August. The two summers are dedicated to 18 credit hours in special education coursework. The academic year, August through mid-May, requires 36 credit hours for a full-time internship and supporting courses. The internship is grounded in two 16-week classroom placements, one in general education and one in special education. Interns are members of a cohort group that includes candidates earning only K-8 or 7-12 general education certifications. Students who successfully complete this program, meet the state's K-8 content area certification requirements, and pass the National Teacher's Examination, are recommended for Maine's K-8 general education initial teaching certificate, Maine's K-8 special education initial teaching certificate, and a Master of Science in Special Education degree from the University of Southern Maine.
Extractions: Resources for Technology Planning Please add links by e-mailing us . L ast updated July 19, 2001 eSchool News Online - "K-12 school technology decision makers' #1 newspaper" Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) - received a grant from the National Science Foundation to evaluate the impact of new spaces, and structures for science on students and faculty, on the academic program, and on institutional budgets and cultures. Best of NETC -Northwest Educational Technology Consortium A Guide to Networking Schools for K-12 Schools (please note that this is a 900+ KB Adobe Acrobat file. Sue has a printed copy also if you're interested.)
PELINKS4U - K-12 School PE Web Sites Rockport Elementary School, Rockport, maine Gary Spinney; Rolling Green ElementarySchool, Boynton Beach, Florida - Shawn Roney; School Districts/k-12 schools. http://www.pelinks4u.org/links/k12schools.htm
Extractions: Click To See More Resources Archives Book Reviews Editorial Team Higher Education PE Web Sites K-12 School PE Web Sites PE Academic Areas PE Advocacy PE Forum Online Site Sponsorships State AHPERDs State PE Standards Teaching Unit Plans Web Pages of PEHLS Professionals Updated March 27, 2003 Elementary High School School Districts/K-12 Schools Conference/Workshop Calendar Elementary Schools A.G. Richardson Elementary School , Culpeper, Virginia - John Kassel Aiken Elementary School , South Carolina- Ms. Secrist Apalachee Elementary School , Tallahassee, Florida,- Terry Devine Applecreek Elementary School - Sundie Garrison Aster Elementary School , Colville, Washington - Bill Carpenter Ayden Elementary School , North Carolina- John Williams Barneveld Elementary School , Barneveld, Wisconsin - Cindy Kuhrasch Babler Elementary School , Glencoe, Missouri Bayview Elementary , Norfolk, Virginia - Bill McDonald Blaine Elementary School,
Extractions: CHICAGO, June 25, 2001 In its second round of grants from the Palm Education Pioneer (PEP) program, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) today announces it is awarding $2.3 million in Palm(TM) handheld units to elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities to enable innovative teaching and learning, and to gain insight into how handheld computers affect teaching and learning. This research will help determine best practices for integrating handhelds into curriculum and teacher training. Palm named the grant recipients on the opening day of the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) here at McCormick Place. Palm, a pioneer in the field of mobile and wireless Internet solutions and a leading provider of handheld computers, awarded grants to 87 individual K-12 classrooms and nine "research hubs" for a total of more than 175 classrooms. The first PEP grants were awarded to 15 K-12 schools in January. SRI International's Center for Technology in Learning (CTL) in Menlo Park, Calif., administers the program, and develops and conducts evaluations to study the learning uses, experiences and effectiveness of Palm handhelds for teaching and learning. "We believe that partnering with educators in doing research on the best practices and impact of handheld computers in education is one of the most important projects we can undertake," said Mike Lorion, vice president of education markets at Palm, Inc. "Research from PEP grants gives educators valuable insight into how handheld technology can be used in teaching and learning. This information helps us to create tools that evolve with the needs of education. We added new research hubs to broaden our research and also extend some studies into the college pre-service and in-service environment."
ElSurfo - Maine Schools Drive Junior High Chop Point k12 School Christian Valley High Gould Academy GreenvilleSchools HB Emery Jr Longfellow Elem Lura Libby School maine School Admin http://elsurfo.com/school/me.htm
MSLN Domain Name System Overview This article is a brief explanation of domain names and conventions as they applyto the University of maine System, k12 schools, libraries, technical and http://www.msln.maine.edu/msln/support/dns/domainnames.html
Extractions: Contact Us Support Services We Offer MSLN Useful links ... Non-MSLN Useful Links The University on Maine System Network for Education and Technology Services (UNET) provides name service to a number of educational and non-profit organizations in Maine as well as to the University of Maine System itself. A topic that seems to consume a lot of time and effort is coming up with a domain name for a group. This article is a brief explanation of domain names and conventions as they apply to the University of Maine System, K-12 Schools, libraries, technical and vocational schools and community colleges. A domain name may be the name used on the internet for a machine, a mail drop or for an organization or group. If you have sent or received e-mail, it is the part of the mail address after the ""@. There are a few basic rules applying to all domain names. Names are not case sensitive: Maine.edu is the same as MAINE.EDU. The maximum length without a period is 63 characters.
Funding Sources And Methods For K-12 Distance Education Funding Sources and Methods For k12 Distance Education. Foundation donation wasused to accelerate the state's implementation of technology in schools. maine. http://www.tecweb.org/funding/k12fund.html
Extractions: The entire report can be found at www.tecweb.org/pdf/K12fundde.pdf The majority of the states are using what has become traditional funding for distance learning. This includes general education funds, lottery generated funds (which in most cases does not increase the educational funding but relieves the state funds by the amount that the lottery adds)e-rate funds, Challenge grants, State Challenge grants, Star Schools. A limited group relies heavily on corporate and foundation donations. The following is a summary of the innovative funding for distance learning at the state level. Alabama Corporate Donations Arizona Corporate Donations
Master Of Education In Instructional Technology Technology is designed to the need for graduatelevel training in effective,innovative use of current and emerging technology in maine's k-12 schools. http://www.ume.maine.edu/~cofed/academic/grad/edintech.htm
Extractions: Human Development Academic Programs Contacting the College College Happenings ... The University of Maine Master of Education in Instructional Technology T he M.Ed. in Instructional Technology is designed to the need for graduate-level training in effective, innovative use of current and emerging technology in Maine's K-12 schools. The required coursework, research and clinical experiences are directed at producing highly marketable educational leaders who can build school capacity to continually assess and upgrade the technology available to teachers and students. The M.Ed. in Instructional Technology program is informed and guided by state and national standards, including the Maine Learning Results and the Standards for Technology in Teaching and Learning published by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). ISTE is an affiliate of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, which accredits all teacher preparation programs at The University of Maine. The 39-credit hour program is offered evenings during the school year and through the summer to meet the schedules of full-time professional educators. Courses are offered statewide, both on-line and through instruction at various sites around Maine. Enhance learning in K-12 classrooms by integrating knowledge of learning and teaching with knowledge of educational technology, media and instructional methods
Master Of Arts In Teaching PDN) which is based on partnerships with area schools. Applied inquiry designed toimprove k12 student and are based on the 10 maine certification performance http://www.ume.maine.edu/~cofed/academic/grad/mat.htm
Extractions: Human Development Academic Programs Contacting the College College Happenings ... The University of Maine Master of Arts in Teaching U niversity of Maine College of Education and Human Development has approximately 900 undergraduate students and 1200 graduate students in Masters, Certificate of Advanced Study and Doctoral programs. The College has worked collaboratively with area schools and with teachers and administrators across the state since teachers and administrators have been prepared at the University in 1899. The MAT was first instituted at the University of Maine in the 1960's with its latest major revision taking place in 1996 in a continuing effort to prepare teachers grounded in an academic discipline with knowledge and expertise in quality teaching. Graduate Programs Index: Overview of the MAT MAT Sample Coursework Teacher Certification Requirements Financial Information ... MAT Transcript Analysis Application The MAT is part of the College's Professional Development Network (PDN) which is based on partnerships with area schools. The PDN has been designed and is being implemented by joint task forces of public school and college personnel. The PDN has the following goals and principles: Preparation of preservice teachers Professional development of practicing teachers Exemplary practice designed to maximize k-12 student achievement Applied inquiry designed to improve k-12 student and educator development.
NYNEX Starlogo Project Proposal Full internet access is quickly becoming the norm throughout maine's k12 schools,and collaborative community web sites such as this are needed to properly http://inferno.asap.um.maine.edu/starlogo/about/proposal.html
Extractions: The purpose of this project is to develop and nurture the collaborative Maine Starlogo Community, including the development of an internet World Wide Web site, a series of full day workshop/seminar sessions, and site visits to K-12 schools throughout the state. Full internet access is quickly becoming the norm throughout Maine's K-12 schools, and collaborative "community web sites" such as this are needed to properly make use of this technology. Starlogo is a flexible and highly visual modeling environment designed to explore emergent system behavior at the K-12 level. The language was developed by the MIT Media Lab Epistomology and Learning Group, and has been used in the UMaine CS Department and the K-12 community for a variety of teaching and research purposes over the past 4 years. The web site will contain a variety of Starlogo models, curriculum support material, and "networking" support for the participating teachers. In addition the site will include Starlogo tutorial information and technical support, information about participating K-12 schools, and connections between teacher and student modeling projects, Three workshop/seminar activities are planned during the year (September/February/June) and will consist of Starlogo and related tutorials by UMaine faculty and 20-30 participating teachers. In addition, the UMaine group will again present a Starlogo tutorial for 20 teachers at the Maine State K-12 Teachers PRISM conference, and a number of middle school/high school full day site visits are planned throughout the year in order to work with teachers and students.
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