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Fall 2011 Conference
The Maine Curriculum Leaders’ Association fall conference explores three powerful ways to increase student learning. Spend two days with colleagues learning more about the impact of student engagement, effective use of formative assessment and feedback, and organizing schools so students can reach common standards.
- October 24: Members of the Maine Cohort for Customized Learning (MCCL), formerly the Reinventing Schools Coalition pilot sites, will share their experiences with standards-based practice, including student engagement. Bea McGarvey will provide an overview of formative assessment and effective feedback.
- October 25: Heidi McGinley, RtI Support System Project Director, will discuss ways to incorporate student learning research into RtI design. Stephen Bowen, Maine's Education Commissioner, will provide an update on Maine's long-term educational planning followed by an educational policy discussion that will allow participants to apply what they know about student learning to potential state policy directions.
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Maine Curriculum Leader of the Year Award
The MCLA Curriculum Leader of the Year award was established to recognize the skills, talents, and abilities of the people in Maine school district who maintain focus on education in the educational system. When curriculum, instruction, assessment, and staff development are coordinated within a school district, students have a greater chance of higher performance.
Dr. Judith K. Pusey – Maine’s Curriculum Leader of the Year - 2010
Maine's Common Core State Standards Initiative
The Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) is a significant and historic opportunity for states to collectively develop and adopt a core set of academic standards in mathematics and English language arts. CCSSI is jointly led by the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in partnership with Achieve, ACT, and the College Board. It builds directly on recent efforts of leading organizations and states that have focused on developing college- and career-ready standards and ensures these standards are evidence- and research-based and internationally benchmarked to top-performing countries. These core standards represent critical learning targets for literacy and numeracy. Each state must decide whether or not to adopt these standards as its own.
Read more about the CCSSI on the Maine Deptment of Education web site...