Summer is a fantastic time for brushing up on skills, learning new tools, and making new connections. MEC offers a variety of dynamic courses that can help you improve your skills and meet State of Maine certification regulations, and increase your salary potential, while at the same time enjoying your summer vacation. Curious to learn more? Explore our website to learn more about how we can help you to improve and advance your career!

Announcing New Courses

We are very excited to announce our summer schedule of courses! Take a look and see what fits your needs. If you have any questions call us at 207-634-4413 or visit our contact page HERE.

Anticipated: Federal and Maine Special Education Law
EDPA 586 The Teaching of Digital Citizenship July 15 – August 19, 2013
EDPA 584 Standards Based Curriculum Development
EDPS 598 Common Core Math Standards – Integration and Implementation
EDPE 599 Project Based Learning for Health Educators July 8 – August 12, 2013
EDPA 589 Technology for the School Librarian Part 1
EDPA 516 Educating Gifted/Talent Students

2013 COURSE SUMMER SCHEDULE >

Check It Out!

Also, there are new exciting things happening at the state level. The Maine Department of Education released Response to Intervention (RTI) Guidelines in October 2012, which you can find here www.maine.gov/doe/rti.

“The Maine Department of Education has created this website to help schools and teachers identify students at risk for poor learning outcomes, monitor student progress, provide evidence-based interventions and adjust the intensity of those interventions depending on a student’s responsiveness, and identify students with learning disabilities or other disabilities.” – RTI website

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions!

Donna Cameron, Director
Maine Educator’s Consortium – Online Classes for Maine Educators
207-634-4413 | Director@MaineEducator.com

What do you want to do in your classroom or school this year?  We have a class for that!   Extending the Chickadee Award is designed with you in mind.

What is the Chickadee Award?

           The Chickadee Award is Maine’s only children choice awarded to children’s picture books.  Students actually cast their vote from a pre-selected list of picture books that they have been exposed to either in their classroom or library.  Carolyn Hall, founder of the Chickadee Award and instructor of the course states, “It is a really big deal to have children vote for their favorite book–very different from adults always naming award winners in children’s literature.  Children are empowered to think about what they like–and don’t like–about books, and their opinions are heard and valued.”

Administrators, teachers and librarians can use these books to introduce reading strategies, complement units of study,  model the tools necessary to become informed voters,  or develop a community of readers throughout a school–the possibilities are amazing.  Does the thought of such a project excite you, but stop you in your tracks at the same time?

Course EDPR 546; Extending the Chickadee Award

           Not just for librarians, the course is designed to assist you with your goals of integrating the Chickadee Award books into your plans, curriculum, or special occasions.  From designing a school wide ‘voting’ day, to classroom read-alouds, or high school-preschool reading buddies, the course will guide you from the idea stage to the implementation stage with success.  “It is truly about what each participant wants to do, and I use my background and experience to encourage and support and help with their ideas,” Carolyn shares.

A Bit More about Carolyn Hall

           Carolyn is not only the founder of the Chickadee Award, she has over 30 years experience in education.  Her expertise as an educator coupled with her passion for the Chickadee books makes for a dynamic combination as she works with each individual student to successfully implement their Chickadee Award plans.  Carolyn is enthusiastic about helping each student regardless of his or her goals, “I can help those interested in the Chickadee Award to find simple ways to get started or those who want to stretch to another level.”  She modestly states that she knows ‘a bit’ about organizing school-wide activities and that “The course isn’t about me and what I’ve done at all.  It is truly about what each participant wants to do, and I use my background and experience to encourage and support and help with their ideas.”

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Course registration closes September 17^th for this class, so register before it is too late.  For more information contact us at director@maineeducator.com

by Susan Joakim

Flipping the Classroom

No, you won’t be asked to do cartwheels, or turn desks upside down, but if you are asked to flip your classroom, you will need to flip your thinking.

According to Crystal Kirch, creator of What is the Flipped Classroom?, a flipped classroom is “A classroom that uses videos/podcasts as instructional tools to help time-shift the instruction of concepts so students receive the most support when they are working on the heaviest cognitive load.”  Okay, take a breath.  Time-shift is not referring to some quantum physics or Star Trek race around the sun.  It is a concept that shifts the timing of lessons.  In traditional teaching the teachers are most present during instruction on new concepts, but when the classroom is flipped, teachers are most present during the process of understanding new concepts.

Crystal uses videos and podcasts to flip her classroom, but some will argue that technology is not needed.  Brian Bennett, science teacher and keynote speaker at the 2012 Flipped Learning Conference in Chicago writes, “Flipping is so much more than using video to deliver content. It is a mindset that requires you to totally rethink the way teachers and students interact on a day to day basis.”

Flipping will look very different depending upon the grade level and subject; however, the ultimate goal is to increase all students’ understanding of the material and motivation for learning.  Students in Flipped classrooms are invested in their own learning.  Indeed, Flipping has even been credited with reducing behavior issues in the classroom The Effect of Affect.

If you are interested in trying a flipped lesson, you need not worry about creating one yourself.  Visit Sophia for hundreds of flipped lessons available for you to use free!

For your convenience, all of our courses are conducted ONLINE. Our courses have been approved by the Maine Department of Education for certification purposes. Please note, some course have also been approved for initial certification, all courses have been approved for re-certification.

COURSE CREDITS – Each course is offered as a 3 graduate level credits (unless stated otherwise).

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Registrations will be closing on:
June 12, 2012  EDPR 593 Digital Storytelling with IMovie
June 18, 2012  EDPF 564 Elementary Science Methods
June 18, 2012  EDPR 538 Methods of Teaching Health
June 18, 2012  EDPR 555 Methods of Teaching Middle & High School Science  
June 19, 2012   EDPR 537 Methods of Teaching Middle & Secondary school English Language Arts
June 20, 2012  EDPR 556 Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language
June 20, 2012  EDPR 597 Thematic Units, Online and Recharged
June 20, 2012  EDPF 582 Using Blogs and Wikis in the Classroom
June 22, 2012  EDPF 553 Elem & Middle School Math Methods
June 24, 2012  EDPF 505 School Finance And Budget
June 25, 2012  EDPM 583 PART 1 Digital Info for K–12 Educators (Making the most of your Macbook)
June 25, 2012  EDPM 593 PART 2 Digital Info for K–12 Educators (Making the most of your Macbook)
July 2, 2012  EDPM 538 Teaching the Exceptional Student                                                               
July 2, 2012   Community Relations
July 2, 2012 EDPF 513 Supervision and Evaluation
July 2, 2012 EDPF 518 Organizational Theory and Planning
July 2, 2012 EDPO 518 Federal and Maine Law for Administrators
July 2, 2012 EDCM 525 Introduction to Communication
July 2, 2012 EDPR 532 Response to Intervention
July 2, 2012 EDPF 556 Elementary Reading Methods
July 2, 2012 EDPF 547 Methods of Teaching Elementary Social Studies
July 9, 2012 EDPM 559 Children\’s Literature
July 9, 2012 EDPR 553 Collection Development 6 credits
July 9, 2012 Extending the Chickadee Award
July 9, 2012 EDPO 505 Library Media
July 2, 2012 EDPR 536 Methods of Teaching Social Studies for Middle/Secondary
July 2, 2012 EDPR 577 Best Practices for ParaProfessionals (6 credits)
July 2, 2012 EDPO 524 Paraprofessionals as Effective Practitioners

EDPR 596 WEB RESOURCES FOR LEARNING
(and Sharing Together -An Introduction to Google Docs, Google Earth, and Wikispaces )

July 1 – August 13  | Registration Closes   June 24, 2013
The technologies being focused on in this course will be Google Docs (presentation, word processor, spreadsheet, and forms), Google Earth (exploring existing resources on the web and creating our own), and Wikispaces. This instructional technology course is designed to provide teachers, administrators, and educational technicians with an understanding of the current and emerging technologies.  These technologies address essential skills for students growing up in our technology-driven society. During this course we will use collaborative applications and programs to facilitate teaching, learning and managing instruction. We will also be exploring and applying various learning theories including constructivist, and cooperative and collaborative learning.  Discussions will focus on trends and current uses of technology in Maine’s technology rich classrooms. Students will work on integrating these emerging technologies within their own curriculum and will be designing technology enhanced lessons and projects.

Required Text: Richardson, Will, (2010), Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms, 3rd edition, Corwin.

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EDPR 593 Digital Storytelling with Imovie

July 1 – August 13  | Registration Closes   June 24, 2013
Everybody’s got a story to tell, an experience to share, or a trip to showcase! In this class we’ll be learning how to plan a project using a story board, explore different ways to shoot video and pictures, and edit your video and pictures using tools in iMovie 09. We will also explore uses of digital media technology in the classroom and how to provide first-hand experience engaging with students using digital media. Participants will consider the challenges, benefits and pitfalls of educational application of communication technology through discussion of readings and experiences in public school classrooms. Questions addressed include: How do digital media shift the relationships between various sites of learning including the school, the home and the workplace? What are the challenges digital media present to teachers, students and schools? How do educational uses of digital media compare to older technologies such as pen and paper, textbooks, film cameras and analog video?  How do gender, class and age affect the way students and teachers respond to and learn digital media? How can Digital Story telling help improve our student’s learning.

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EDPM 583 Digital Information for K-12 Educators (getting to know your Macbook)  Part 1

July 15 – August 19   | Registration closes July 8, 2013
This class is designed to teach you the very basics of the Mac platform. You will be introduced to a variety of OS X features including but not limited to: Understanding OS X (i.e. navigating, saving, and organizing files/folders), keyboard shortcuts, troubleshooting (hardware and software), and becoming familiar with programs as they apply to your curriculum area. As a learner, you will focus on your position in education and learn more about the features and programs/applications that best fit your needs.

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EDPM 593 Digital Information for K-12 Educators (getting to know your Macbook)  Part 2

July 15 – August 19   | Registration closes July 8, 2013
The technologies being focused on in this course will be Google Docs (presentation, word processor, spreadsheet, and forms), Google Earth (exploring existing resources on the web and creating our own), and Wiki-spaces. Technology applications, programs, challenges and opportunities are ever changing.  This class will continue to examine and address these changes and opportunities. By engaging in dialogue using online communication tools, students in this class will have an opportunity to examine best practices of technology for teaching and learning across the curriculum.  The focus of Part 2 of this course will be on incorporating all of what was taught in EDPM 583 Digital Information Literacy with “teaching authentically”.

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EDPR 597 Thematic Units, Online and Recharged

 June 10 – July 23  | Registration closes June 3, 2013
June 10 all will meet at 6PM on Skype (all attend unless other arrangements are made with instructor)
Additional weekly Skype meetings as needed.

“Thematic Units, Online and Recharged” provides hands-on experience integrating online technologies that improve student learning and support instruction with Thematic Units of Study. Participants will study and use Backwards Design to create and/or recreate thematic units that utilize online activities and tools. Participants will learn to use an online environment to host and implement their unit of study.

Recommended Text:   Understanding by Design
Prentice Hall; Expanded 2nd edition (July 24, 2005)
Grant Wiggins  Jay McTighe
ISBN-10: 0131950843

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EDPF 582 Using Blogs and Wikis in the Classroom

Not Offered this Semester

Participants will learn to differentiate between the needs of the online and face to face learner. Participants will analyze online learning environments in an effort to apply what they have learned to the construction of an online environment designed for their own classroom. The key stages of Online Learning and Salmon’s Five-step model will be examined and applied to the development of a virtual classroom space complete with e-tivities, Internet resources, blogs, online classroom tools, email, and linklists.

Recommended Text:  Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts – and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms 3rd Edition Will Richardson ISBN 978-1-4129-7747-0

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EDPR 596 Discovering Online Tools for the Classroom

Not offered this semester
“Discovering and Utilizing Online TOOLS in the Classroom” is intended for K-12 educators and provides hands-on experience in integrating online technologies that improve student learning and support instruction. Participants will be given opportunities to research, evaluate, organize, and develop online lessons, activities and resources that support the curriculum being taught and help the educator save much valued time in the classroom.

Selection, creation and implementation of appropriate instructional strategies, resources and materials will be addressed.  The role of technology in supporting the use of text-based or trade book learning in the content areas will be explored as well as the many classroom management technologies. Online environments such as Moodle, StudyWiz, WikiSpace, webquest and/or blogging software and online software like StudyStacks, Delicious, Rubistar, Starfall, etc. will be explored and evaluated for classroom use.

Required Text: November, Alan (2010) Empowering Students with Technology – 2nd Edition, Corwin ISBN 978-1-4129-7425-7 (pbk)

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EDPO 524 Paraprofessionals as Effective Practitioners 

June 17  – July 28    | Registration Closes June 10, 2013
The purpose of this course is to prepare paraprofessionals (Education Technicians) to become effective practitioners who are knowledgeable about the unique needs of special populations and understand their role according to state and federal special education law.  Participants will also gain first hand experience using instructional accommodations and modifications, data collection and implementation of an individual education plans for special education students.

Required Text: Parability: The CEC Paraeducator Standards Workbook (Stock No. P5691). To order: phone 888-232-7733

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EDPO 525 Paraprofessionals as Effective Practitioners Part 2

A continuation of Part 1  – see above

June 17  – July 28    | Registration Closes June 10, 2013

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EDPR 540 Methods of Teaching Physical Education

June 27 – July 27  | Registration Closes June 20, 2013
Methods of Teaching Physical Education is designed for the physical education teacher. Emphasis will be placed on teaching method and strategies, designing learning experiences and tasks, task presentations, observation techniques, developing and maintaining a learning environment and using assessment in the physical education classroom.

Required Text: Thomas, K 3rd Edition  Physical Education Methods for Elementary Teachers

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EDPR 538 Methods of Teaching Health

June 23 – August 3  | Registration Closes June 16, 2013
Participants will obtain the necessary skills to plan and implement a variety of health promotion lessons & methods in the school. Students will be exposed to these methods through textbook and outside readings. Methods will be critically examined for effectiveness in the cognitive, affective, and behavioral areas. A variety of contemporary teaching methods appropriate for use in grades K-12 will be presented.

Required Text:   Anspaugh, D;  & Ezell, G   9th edition (earlier editions are also acceptable) Teaching Today’s Health

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EDPR 556 Methods of  Teaching a Foreign Language

  June 17 – July 17  | Registration Closes June 10, 2013
This course prepares students to teach Foreign Languages. A variety of teaching/learning strategies, methods, and activities will be examined.  Emphasis will be placed on teaching meaningful language and real communication skills. Students will learn the  integrative  approach  to modern language instruction in which language is presented,  taught, and  assessed in meaningful contexts.

Required Text: Blaz, Deborah   Foreign Language Teacher’s Guide to Active Learning.

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EDPF 511 Health Education Part 1

July 5  – August 5    | Registration Closes June 28,  2013
This course “provides a broad introduction to successful school health programming to reduce health risks and promote school success. The text emphasizes the skills needed to teach health, while providing background information on key health topics. This practical approach prepares school teachers to provide quality health instruction. All the suggested teaching activities are aligned with the National Health Education Standards and include sample assessment strategies”.

Required Text: Telliohann, S & Symons C – any edition  Health Education

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EDPF 512 Health Education Part 2

July 5  – August 5    | Registration Closes June 28,  2013
Health Education 2- “provides a broad introduction to successful school health programming to reduce health risks and promote school success. The text emphasizes the skills needed to teach health, while providing background information on key health topics. This practical approach prepares school teachers to provide quality health instruction.  The focus on Part 2 will be; helping students develop skills for positive health habits and helping students translate their skills to manage health risks.

Required Text: Telliohann, S & Symons C – any edition  Health Education

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EDPE 599  Project Based Learning for Health Educators

July 8  – August 12    | Registration Closes July 1,  2013

Project-based learning is a teaching approach that engages students in sustained, collaborative real-world investigations. Projects are organized around a driving question, and students participate in a variety of tasks that seek to meaningfully address this question.[1] Students will be guided through PBL development, design, management, and assessment.  Students will be integrating their local health curriculum,  MLR and Common Core standards to  create units that seek real world health solutions by creating complex “driving questions”.

Required Text: Project Based Learning Handbook: A Guide to Standards-Focused Project Based Learning Thom Markham (Author), John Larmer (Author), Jason Ravitz (Author)

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EDPR 537 Methods of Teaching Middle & Secondary School English Language Arts

June 17 – July 27   | Registration Closing June 9, 2013
This course guides students in preparing to teach English Language Arts in secondary school classrooms by studying and practicing a repertoire of teaching/learning strategies based on principles research. This course is designed to examine, incorporate, and support the development of reflective, professional, collaborative, and research-based practitioners in the field of English/language arts.

Required Text: Burke, J  The English Teacher’s Companion, Third Edition A Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the Profession

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EDPR 536 Methods of Teaching Social Studies for Middle and Secondary Teachers

May be take April 26 – June 10 contact  director@maineeducator.com
July 5 – August 4   | Registration Closes June 28 , 2013

This course is specifically designed to develop the methods, knowledge, skills, and understandings needed to teach social studies in middle and secondary level classrooms. Teachers will receive a comprehensive overview of the most effective approaches to planning, implementing, managing, and assessing successful and effective learning experiences for students.

Required Text: Zevin, Jack 3rd Edition  Social Studies for the Twenty-First Century Methods and Materials for Teaching in Middle and Secondary Schools

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EDPR 555 Methods of Teaching Middle/High School Science

June 23  – August 3   | Registration Closes   June 16, 2013
This methods course is for middle/high school science teachers.  Emphasis will be placed on effectively using various teaching methods for both middle and high school science.   This course offers “specific ways to enhance the curriculum, making it relevant, current and personal to students”  Both theoretical and practical applications will be covered.

Required Text:  The Sourcebook for Teaching Science, Grades 6-12: Strategies, Activities, and Instructional Resources

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EDPS 598 Common Core Math Standards -  Integration and Implementation

July 1 – August 2 | Registration Closes June 23, 2013

This course is designed for K – 12 educators who are searching  for a better understanding of the Common Core Standards and their relativity to current trends in instruction.  Grade specific standards will be explored along with implementation tools, methods, techniques and resources.

This course will provide opportunities for educators to create and/or adapt current curriculum based activities, lessons and units which align with the Common Core Standards.
Required Text:  TBA

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EDPF 553 Elementary and Middle School Math Methods

July 1 – August 9 | Registration Closes June 23, 2013

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  During this course students will take an in depth look at the process and methods of doing and teaching mathematics.  Students will develop the core ideas and methods of learning, teaching, planning, and assessment.  Methods will include a learner centered approach of learning and how it is applied. Time will be spent on creating individual lessons which incorporate strategies.  Discussion will include mathematical content and how children develop their understanding of that content.

Required Text: The Learning Mathematics in Elementary and Middle School  author is George Cathcart  Pearson Publishers

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EDPM 559 Children’s Literature

July 8 – August 9 | Registration Closes  July 1, 2013 (Please note: Instructor is very flexible regarding dates – please contact director@maineeducator.com for more information
This class is for participants interested in revitalizing their use of Literature for students in K-8, and wanting to renew their own excitement and energy about using children’s literature.    Topics will include genre studies, classics, recent publications, book awards (particularly Maine’s two children’s choice awards), author studies, curriculum integration and teaching strategies.  There will be an emphasis on using picture books with all grades, and activities will be tied in with the Maine Learning Results and the IRA/NCTE national standards.  Participants will earn credit while designing, implementing and fine-tuning their own Children’s Literature program.

Required Text:  Power of Picture Books in teaching Math, Science, and Social Studies, Grades PreK-8, Second Edition. Authors: Lynn Columba, Cathy Y. Kim, Alden J. Moe. ISBN: 978-1-890871-925 Holcomb Hathaway Publishers

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EDPF 547 Elementary Social Studies Methods

July 5, 2013 – August 4   | Registration Closes June 28

This course focuses on the ” popular book of 50 strategies for enhancing social studies learning in K-8 classrooms offers valuable ideas and applications for pre-service and practicing teachers alike.   Always appreciated for its connections between theory, research, and practice, and the extensions provided through web sites and references, this new edition enhances those strengths by providing assessment ideas and website resources for every strategy. Ten  conceptually-organized overarching strategies to facilitate organizing a social studies classroom precede forty-two social-studies specific strategies —organized alphabetically and introduced by grade level and National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) standards indicators.  We will examine resources which provide models, examples, and assessments from real teachers and students.

Required Text:  50 Social Studies Strategies for K-8 Classrooms (3rd Edition) [Paperback] Kathryn M. Obenchain (Author), Ronald V. Morris (Author)

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EDPF 564 Elementary Science Methods

June 23 – August 3   | Registration Closes June 16,  2013
Elementary Science Methods is a core teaching methods course for elementary and middle school science.  Through 15 mystery stories, this book memorably illustrates science concepts for students and reinforces the value of learning science through inquiry. Each mystery presents opportunities for students to create questions, form hypotheses, test their ideas, and come up with explanations.

Required Text:   Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching - Richard Konicek-Moran;

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EDPF 556 Elementary Reading Methods

July 8 – August 13 |  Registration Closes July 1,  2013
Elementary Reading Methods students will learn appropriate strategies to help their students become better readers. In this course we will focus around 10 key areas for teaching and learning literacy—phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary, story comprehension, comprehension of informational text, questioning for understanding, and discussion for understanding.    Differentiated instruction for English language learners and for students with special needs will be examined.

Required Text: Antonacci, Patricia  Sage Publications  Promoting Literacy Development

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EDPM 546 Extending the Chickadee Award

July 8 – August 9  | Registration Closes  July 1, 2013
A children’s choice award is most effective when librarians and teachers of all subjects work together to help children become familiar with the books, to make informed choices in their voting, and to address numerous Maine Learning Results.  This class is for librarians interested in learning how to incorporate the books nominated for Maine’s Chickadee Award into their library programs, or for teachers who want the books to become more than one time read-a-louds.  All of the books on each year’s list provide opportunities for children to investigate authors, illustrators, stories, art, genres, formats, and curricular connections.  In this class, participants will explore ways to use the annual Chickadee List to promote a common language and sense of community within a school.  Although only K-4 students are allowed to vote for their favorite books, these ten books can be used to extend and support research and to model reading strategies at any grade level.  The books on the list are so much more than good readalouds, and participants in this course will create ways to incorporate the books and the Chickadee Project across the curriculum and even throughout an entire school.

Required Text: TBA

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EDPS 598 Common Core Math Standards -  Integration and Implementation    3 grad credits (Maine Dept of Certification will allow this course to be used towards re-certification, not for first time certification)

July 1 – August 2 | Registration Closes June 23, 2013

This course is designed for K – 12 educators who are searching  for a better understanding of the Common Core Standards and their relativity to current trends in instruction.  Grade specific standards will be explored along with implementation tools, methods, techniques and resources.

This course will provide opportunities for educators to create and/or adapt current curriculum based activities, lessons and units which align with the Common Core Standards.
Required Text:  TBA

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