News & Professional Opportunities
Standards, Assessment, and Instruction: Connecting the Dots
Portland and Brewer, November 12 & 13, 2009
Instructional Planning for the 2009/2010 School Year. On November 12 & 13, 2009, the Maine Department of Education held the first in a series of workshops to help Maine mathematics educators understand accountability standards and their relation to the Maine Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction, and plan classroom instruction to support student learning.
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Presentation Materials
This PowerPoint presentation outlines the use of the Appendices of the NECAP GLEs to help guide instruction, as well as providing a sample strategy for solving constructed response questions.
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Presidential Awards for Excellence
Congratulations to Kimberly Spencer of Yarmouth Elementary School, the winner of the 2008 Mathematics Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST)! She will receive her award in the fall at a White House ceremony.
On Going
Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance Professional Development Offerings
updated 11/10/09 -pb