MHEA - Welcome To Home Education In Maine of Remaineing Home, the newsletter of the maine Home education The newcomer to home education, and even the veteran time of year from bewildered parents who ask http://www.geocities.com/mainehomeed/welcometohomeschooling.html
Extractions: by Earl Stevens (This article was published in the May 1992 issue of ReMaineing Home, the newsletter of the Maine Home Education Association. The issues and ideas discussed here are as relevant today as they were then.) Not so many years ago information for new homeschoolers was scanty, the home education marketplace was virtually nonexistent, and support was where you found it. Now, there is a river of organizations, resources, products, information and opinion. The newcomer to home education, and even the veteran, can feel a bit paralyzed. Our support group gets lots of telephone calls at this time of year from bewildered parents who ask, "What is all this stuff?" Here are just a few topics that have been discussed on our support group telephone lately, along with my opinions of course. The Homeschooling Community Support groups: It can be helpful to spend time with parents and children who are healthy examples of the benefits of home education. But sometimes it is difficult to f find the right group. You may attend a local support group meeting and find that there is great pressure to homeschool in some specific way that may not be your way. The group may feel that their way is the only "right" way. In this case you may wish to consider starting your own support group. Even two or three other families with whom you feel comfortable will be a sufficient beginning. You are likely to find your group growing larger once people begin to identify it as the local "alternative" support group.
Welcome To The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Parents Let s Talk. Northwest education. Learning Communities (SLC) Design Studio Workshops (Irving, Texas; Raleigh, North Carolina; North Berwick, maine). http://www.nwrel.org/
Extractions: Welcome to the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. Use the links below to navigate the resources available on our site. Home About NW Lab Job Openings People ... Tips improves educational results for children, youth, and adults by providing research and development assistance in delivering equitable, high-quality educational programs. The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) provides research and development assistance to education, government, community agencies, business, and labor. NWREL's primary service area is the Northwest states of Alaska Idaho Montana Oregon , and Washington About the Lab Job Openings Discover the nation's network of support for research-based school reform. The 2003 Regional Educational Laboratory Annual Report is now available online as a PDF at www.relnetwork.org . The laboratories work to ensure that education stakeholders at the local, state, and regional levels have access to the best available information from research and practice. New Products New this month NWREL in Action News and Announcements ... Events, Conferences, Workshops
Family Help In Maine 207594-1980. University of maine program provides free parenting education to teen and young adult parents, home visitation and mentoring http://www.focusas.com/Maine.html
Extractions: Focus Adolescent Services Need help for your teen? Call FocusAS or M-F 9 am-5 pm ET Family Help in Maine Click here to find out if your child is at-risk, displaying self-destructive behaviors, and needs your help and intervention. Home Resources State Directory Schools ... Contact Hotlines and Helplines ChildhelpUSA Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-4-A-CHILD Maine AIDS Hotline Maine Crisis Hotline Maine Parent Talkline Maine Rape Crisis Hotline Maine Suicide and Crisis Hotlines National Domestic Violence/Abuse Hotline 1-800-787-3224 TDD National Hotlines and Helplines National Suicide Hotline 1-800-SUICIDE Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN) 1-800-656-HOPE Toll-Free Numbers for Health Information AS SEEN ON DISCOVERY HEALTH CHANNEL Promising new research shows an 80% reduction in symptoms of bipolar and other emotional disorders Click here to learn how TRUEHOPE can help. YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER CAN SUCCEED IN MATH AND SCIENCE CLASSES If you're a parent looking to help your son or daughter with his/her grade math or science classes
Curriculum Links activities, and sections for kids and parents. agencies and the MarcoPolo education Foundation dedicated to about assessment and the maine Learning Results. http://web.mhs.sad35.k12.me.us/FTP_UPLOAD/MMS/Curriculum_Links.html
Extractions: CURRICULUM LINKS TEACHERS EVERYONE Teacher Resources Art Special Education Language Arts ... Social Studies PARENTS Parent Resources Local Links Special Education Publications ... Fun Sites for Kids Art Artcyclopedia an index to where paintings, sculptures and other great works of fine art can be viewed online, at hundreds of art museum sites and image archives worldwide Art Safari from the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Art Safari invites you and your child to explore the painting and sculpture collection of The Museum of Modern Art. This site encourages learning about art by looking and sharing interpretations. Crayola Creativity Center Fiskars for Kids Haring Kids from the Haring Foundation, a great collection of art and drama lessons in the style of Keith Haring. Create flip-books, murals, and performance morphs, where students can use dance and movement to act out characters from Haring's books KinderArt The largest collection of free art lessons on the Internet National Academy of Art for Kids, from Washington DC. Many of the activities on this site are based on the National Gallery of Art Activity Book: 25 Adventures with Art by Maura A. Clarkin, published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with the National Gallery of Art. If you like doing projects like these, you may enjoy reading this book, which can be found in libraries, bookstores, and the museum shop. There are many other places on the Gallery's Web site for kids to explore. You'll find links to just about everything on the Gallery's Home Page or you can search the collection for online information about specific artists or works.
Maine Homeschooling - A To Z Home's Cool Welcome to Home education in maine Not so many years The newcomer to home education, and even the veteran, can this time of year from bewildered parents who ask http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/regional/Maine.htm
Extractions: Click on the banner for recommended books and supplies for homeschooling A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling Regional I am Ann Zeise , your guide to the best and most interesting and useful sites and articles about home education on the web. Search Home Recent Articles Events Join Email List ... Free Newsletter by Bonnie Merrill (Paperback - March 2002) From Marginal Way to Perry's Tropical Nut House to Sunday River Ski Area, you'll find something to satisfy every whim! The book divides the state into 6 geographic regions, each with accommodations and eateries listed by city/town. Written by a parent, for parents, this opinionated, personal and easy-to-use guide has the best things to see and do to keep the kids busy and happy for an hour, a day, or a weekend-a guaranteed antidote to vacation boredom.
Resources The site contains many useful and downloadable resources for maine parents, educators, and community partners to help reduce underage alcohol use and keep http://www.denmark.sad72.k12.me.us/resources.htm
Extractions: Parent Resources Web Resources PTA There is a bulletin board and display table with notices, brochures, and publications for parents adjacent to the office at each school. Also, each school has resource books for parents and teachers on topics such as child development, discipline, learning to read, and specific disabilities. The school librarian, principal, or another staff member can help you locate these. Web Resources Web Sites for Kids http://www.dictionary.com PencilNews for Kids - PencilNews from MSNBC brings us daily news snippets, sports coverage and short features that are perfect for elementary students. Be sure to scroll down below the opening graphic (which only links to four or five articles) to view Top News headlines and Pencil Reports (such as History of Halloween or San Francisco Solar Power.) There's also a Weekly News Quiz (it's not interactive, you'll need to print it out) and a monthly calendar of interesting historic anniversaries. http://www.msnbc.com/local/pencilnews/
Balancing Responsibilities Single parent Foundation (maine), mainebased foundation organization devoted to providing educational opportunities and activities for single-parent families http://www.scarborough.k12.me.us/middle/support/studentadvocacy/balance.htm
Extractions: and National Hotlines Listing of Maine and national hotlines to assist with crises, and to provide information and referral to other resources. Parents Anonymous, Inc. Information about Parents Anonymous, plus large database of information and links to other resources for parents. United Maine Families A statewide, family-directed organization supporting the efforts of children, young adults, their families and service providers to develop quality services for children with special needs. Parent Soup Web site with wide variety of resources, information and links for parents and families.
EdGate_Special And Gifted Gifted And Talented for Gifted education; maine maine Educators of the on all aspects of the education and development of Gifted Development Center Serves parents, schools, and http://www.edgateteam.net/sped_gifted/giftandtalent.htm
Penobscot County Parenting UMCE Center for Parenting education. UMCE Families, Youth Parenting Publications. UMCE Penobscot County office at 9427396 or 800-287-1485 (in maine) for more http://www.umaine.edu/umcepenobscot/parenting.htm
Extractions: Parenting in Penobscot County Developing Parenting Skills The Penobscot County Extension Office is a source for parenting information, including a parent educator training program. "Becoming a Parent Educator" is a 22-hour program held in the summertime in which participants learn facilitating skills and are also introduced to parenting curriculums. The office has a lending library of activity books, videotapes and audiotapes for parents. Most of these materials are free to borrow. Programs are also offered periodically on specific parenting topics such as effective discipline, communication and building healthy relationships. Parenting Workshop Louise O. Kirkland, Extension Educator , is pleased to sponsor a six-week course, Growing Up Again. It will be held in the Penobscot County Extension Office in Bangor. The presenter is Judith Graham, Human Development Specialist for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension DATES TIME : 6:00 to 8:30 P.M. LOCATION Penobscot County Extension Office 307 Maine Avenue in Bangor COST (This covers the cost of the reading book - Growing Up Again by Jean Illsley Clarke) PARTICIPANTS: Parents, grandparents who are parenting a second time, childcare professionals, and agency personnel who work with families.
Advocating For Assistive Technology D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Act assures that maines Vocational education programs are we rely on and our children succeed on, parents help make http://www.mainecite.org/ptguide/ptg18.htm
Extractions: What are my child's rights to assistive technology? Federal and state laws support providing assistive technology to individuals with disabilities. Only a few are mentioned here. You can read more about your childs rights to assistive technology by getting copies of these and other laws and regulations from your state or national legislators. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the ADA, proposes to eliminate . . . discrimination against individuals with disabilities . . . to address the major areas of discrimination faced day-to-day by people with disabilities. The ADAs definition of auxiliary aids and services, its mandates for acquisition or modification of equipment and devices and reasonable accommodations support the provision of assistive technology devices and services to individuals with disabilities. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was enacted so that states will assist individuals with disabilities to prepare for and engage in gainful employment. Because of this law, Vocational Rehabilitation is able to pay for some assistive devices and services for eligible people. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires that any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance comply with non-discrimination. Section 504 Regulations require that public schools provide students who have disabilities an educational opportunity equal to the educational opportunity provided to students without disabilities.
SMPA : Publications : Quick Reference Gear parent Network, 800264-9224. maine Educational Center for Assistive Technology and Software, 800-800-4USM. parent Resource Center, 207-324-1371. http://www.somepa.org/publications/reference.php
Extractions: Carelink Child Care Connections Child Development Services (CDS) Cumberland County York County Coordinated Care Services for Children with Special Needs Crisis Hotline Department of Education, Division of Special Education Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services (BDS) (formerly known as DMHMRSAS - Children's Services) Voice TTY Gear Parent Network Maine Educational Center for Assistive Technology and Software (MECATS) Voice/TTY Mainely Parents NICHY(National Information Center for Children/Youth with Disabilities) Parent Resource Center Seacoast CHADD Southern Maine Advisory Council on Transition (SMACT) Southern Maine Respite/Respitality Program (Woodford's) Spurwink Clinic Sweetser Children's Services Waban Projects, Inc
The Teachers' Internet Use Guide Located at the University of Southern maine, this Technology What if parents are confused or concerned about portfolio Student assessment in higher education http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/assessme/online.htm
Extractions: Assessment, Assessment Rubrics, and Evaluation Guidelines Carol Holzberg suggests visiting this list of Web sites for assessment tips and tools, and for help in developing, adapting, or adopting assessments that detail what you expect students to learn and evaluate what they have mastered for any given lesson. CLASs Primer: A Guide for Comprensive Local Assessment Systems Design and Use The CLASs Primer was developed by Southern Maine Partnership's educators to provide support for districts across the state in developing local K-12 assessment systems, as required by Maine law. The primer provides a straightforward process for design and implementatino of a district-level assessment system, including articulating an assessment philosophy and defining essential knowledge and skills; system design; technidal requirements; and data management and use. Comprehensive list of assessment activities and strategies by RMC Research Corporation This list defines several assessment strategies that you can use in a classroom setting. Some are performance assessment strategies that require students to generate, rather than choose, a response in order to demonstrate learning. Some are collaborative strategies that foster discussion with others. The common theme among these strategies is they provide alternatives to traditional standardized, normed, multiple-choice, or paper-and-pencil type methods. The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
Arts In Education - Maine Arts Commission to encourage administrators, teachers and parents to investigate want to encourage arts and education advocates to maine Arts Commission is not the only funder http://www.mainearts.com/faq/education.shtml
Extractions: Maine Arts Events Programs for Artists Public Art Programs About the Maine Arts Commission PAL is an invitational planning assistance and matching grant program developed by the Maine Arts Commission to encourage the arts in education throughout the state. PAL provides an opportunity, a structure, and assistance for local teams of teachers, parents, students, and community leaders to conduct assessments and make plans that increase arts education opportunities for all students and help meet the Maine Learning Results. PAL guidelines are designed to accommodate the needs of individual communities while achieving the Commission's Arts in Education goal that every child will participate in the arts every day of his or her school career in order to create meaning and understanding in his or her world. PAL encourages and supports local efforts to implement the Maine Learning Results. How do I apply?
SEED Please contact us at Center for Educational Services 223 Main Street Auburn, maine 04224 Email our Privacy and OnLine Safety Policy and parent s Resource. http://seed.mainecenter.org/index.cfm?section=14&page=sitemap.html
Listings Maine: USA : Maine : Education with Disabilities A resource for special education professionals, students, parents and others who serve children with disabilities in the State of maine http http://listingsus.com/Maine/Education/
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NCSA Staff The NCSA works with school staff, students, parents and coaches and graduate level courses for the College of education at the University of maine at Orono. http://www.studentaspirations.org/staff.htm
Extractions: The NCSA employs a staff of educators with a wide range of experiences and education. Because the work of the NCSA encompasses a variety of audiences, the diversity of the staff is a wonderful strength. Former administrators, coaches, educators (from early childhood to post-secondary), parents, and social workers are available to give their guidance and expertise to the schools and organizations that collaborate with the NCSA. The work of the NCSA is as diverse as its staff. Co-Directors:
Ocean Planet:Educational Materials pictures and activities for educators and parents. Downloadable Curricula and other educational material from the New Aquarium; The Gulf of maine Aquarium has http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/search_educational_materials.html
Extractions: A large number of educational materials have either been developed specifically for the Ocean Planet Exhibition, or have been developed for other purposes but are a good complement to the materials presented in the Exhibition. If the materials are available in electronic form, you can retrieve them for use in your classroom. We will continue to add new materials as they become available. Lessons and marine science activities from the Smithsonian which adapt several themes of the exhibition for use in the middle and high school classroom. Sea Store Lesson Plan: There Are Algae in Your House! Sea People Lesson Plan: Words from the Ocean Marine Education Books for Children Teacher Guide to the Ocean Planet Exhibition Ocean Planet Secondary School Educational Materials Smithsonian's Art to Zoo contains lesson plans on Contrasts in Blue: Life on the Caribbean Coral Reef and the Rocky Coast of Maine Sea World/Busch Gardens Information Data Base and Teacher's Guides Online course materials are available for The Sea Around Us from Penn State University.
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