Maine DOE Update – September 16, 2022

From the Maine Division of Schooling

Reporting Gadgets

To help those that are chargeable for the necessary process of reporting October scholar knowledge to the Division of Schooling, the DOE Knowledge Workforce can be holding a webinar on Tuesday, September twenty seventh from 10 am to 11:30 am. |  Extra

The restoration of This fall’22 MaineCare Seed will happen within the October 2022 subsidy cost. The Maine DOE is asking Districts to evaluate their studies by October 15, 2022 to make sure correct changes to subsidy. SAU workers should evaluate, and submit disputes, scholar by scholar claims on each the private and non-private MaineCare studies for This fall’22 by October 15, 2022. |  Extra

| Go to the DC&R Reporting Calendar |

Information & Updates

The Maine Division of Schooling introduced a brand new partnership with Stay + Work in Maine to bolster efforts to recruit and maintain a vibrant educator workforce and to advertise the work of Maine colleges to assist, interact, and put together all college students to thrive. By way of this new partnership, all college administrative models (SAUs) now have free entry to Stay + Work’s on-line job board, and can profit from the intensive advertising and marketing actions Stay + Work facilitates with a view to appeal to educators and college workers to affix Maine’s schooling workforce. |  Extra

Recognizing the significance of, and want for, laptop science schooling as a crucial a part of each scholar’s academic expertise to arrange them for post-secondary schooling and excessive demand jobs, the Maine Division of Schooling is continuous its efforts to broaden entry to, and participation in, laptop science schooling. The DOE is offering each public college in Maine with a FREE cellular laptop science lab! Every cellular lab may have gear and provides that educators can use to combine the subject space into their lecture rooms. |  Extra

The Maine Division of Schooling (DOE), by COVID-19 federal emergency aid funds, is offering the chance for eligible college administrative models (SAUs) to use for extra funding to assist the wants of scholars actively experiencing homelessness and/or multilingual learners who’ve been impacted by the pandemic as of June 1, 2022. |  Extra

Though it’s solely September, the Division of Schooling’s Baby Diet staff is already planning to assist college administrative models (SAUs) and suppliers upfront of winter climate and its attainable impression on college vitamin packages. As of June 30, 2022, lots of the federal waivers that had been in impact because of the world COVID-19 pandemic have expired. Due to this fact, for the 2022-2023 college 12 months, baby vitamin packages are required to function of their conventional kind. |  Extra

Nationwide Hispanic Heritage Month is widely known annually from September 15 to October 15 throughout the nation. The month is a time to honor Hispanic heritage by celebrating the histories, cultures, languages, and the outstanding contributions of Hispanic folks to the material of the US, whose ancestors got here from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Additionally it is a time to revisit methods to combine various cultural materials into schooling classes all 12 months lengthy. |  Extra

Is your college administrative unit (SAU) searching for price saving measures? Do you know that colleges can use the State’s Grasp Agreements (MA) to profit from State pricing on items and companies from numerous distributors? |  Extra

Whereas grownup schooling gives a lot extra than simply the highschool equivalency, it’s actually a milestone for grownup learners who’ve have grit and willpower. They’re preventing for a greater future for themselves and their households! The Maine Division of Schooling joins Governor Mills to have a good time their onerous work in addition to the work of grownup schooling professionals who present up on a regular basis to empower their learners. |  Extra

Fascinated about beginning or increasing Public Pre-Okay in your college administrative unit throughout the 2023-24 college 12 months? This can be a reminder that purposes are open for RFA #202207106 Pre- Okay Enlargement Grant. The appliance together with instructions may be discovered on this webpage. To be taught extra about this chance please check with the recorded Informational Session. |  Extra

Maine’s chapter of the Nationwide Affiliation of Ladies in Building (NAWIC Maine) and the Maine Related Normal Contractors (AGC Maine) are internet hosting a Maine Building Profession Days occasion on October sixth from 7:30am – 2:00pm at Midcoast Excavation in West Tub. The occasion can be open to all highschool college students. |  Extra

Maine DOE Workforce member Alexandra (Allee) Cookson is being highlighted this week as a part of the Get to Know the Maine DOE Workforce Marketing campaign. Be taught a bit extra about Alexandra within the query and reply under. |  Extra

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Skilled Growth & Coaching Alternatives

Be a part of specialists from the Maine Division of Schooling’s Early Studying Workforce for a web-based skilled improvement alternative. Early childhood educators within the Pre-Okay by Grade 2 span will make the most of a digital textual content examine format every month for 60 minutes. The classes can be held on Thursdays. The collection will make the most of the textual content, A Transferring Baby is a Studying Baby by Gill Connell and Cheryl McCarthy, 2014. Studying can be accomplished independently between classes. |  Extra

Retired Principal of Columbine Excessive Faculty Frank DeAngelis will present a coaching designed and supposed for college administration, educators, legislation enforcement and public security personnel who’ve the duty for constructing and executing security plans for college associated occasions. |  Extra

Be a part of us for In-Individual Fall Regional Conferences. Hear updates on federal, state, and native insurance policies and assets for college students and households who’re homeless or have unstable housing, Learn to improve your college and district’s capability to assist college students, Hear youth perspective and techniques to enhance scholar engagement for college students with housing instability from the New Beginnings Youth Motion Board members… |  Extra

The Maine Division of Schooling (DOE) invitations college principals to register for a year-long skilled studying expertise. The Transformational Leaders’ Community (TLN) provides Maine principals a chance to deepen their management abilities and community with colleagues throughout Maine, whereas they’re main transformational efforts of their colleges. This “learner-centered” program has a wealthy historical past of success and is open to ALL Maine principals. The first requirement for becoming a member of the TLN is the ambition to enhance your management and your college! |  Extra

The Maine Division of Schooling and SupportEd are partnering as much as present Okay-12 Maine educators with 4 free digital skilled improvement classes specializing in College students with Restricted or Interrupted Formal Schooling (SLIFE). |  Extra

| Go to the Skilled Growth Calendar |

Newest DOE Profession/Mission Alternatives:

View present Maine Division of Schooling employment alternatives right here