[MLTI-MS] MLTI Regional Leadership Meetings [internal-from_ADV?]

[Brown, Laura]

For some reason, the alignment was off in the notice I sent out yesterday, so the month was cut off of each date in the locations list.  To clarify, this is the schedule for the Middle School Regional Leadership Team Meetings: 

REGIONAL LOCATIONS:
10/10/07  Aroostook, Presque Isle Motor Inn
10/11/07  Washington, Calais Motor Inn
10/23/07  Kennebec, Skowhegan Area Middle School
10/24/07  York, Biddeford Middle School
10/25/07  MidCoast, Waldo County Technical Center in Waldo
10/26/07  Cumberland, TBA 
10/30/07  Western ME, Auburn Middle School
11/1/07  Hancock, Atlantic Oaks in Bar Harbor
11/2/07  Penquis, Brewer Middle School

My apologies for any confusion or inconvenience this may have caused.

Thanks,


Laura J. Brown
MLTI Project Assistant
Maine Learning Technology Initiative
State Of Maine Department of Education
Phone: (207) 624-6746 * Fax: (207) 624-6601
US Mail: 23 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0023
Shipping: 111 Sewall Street, 5th Floor, Augusta, ME 04333-0023
Project email box: mlti.project at maine.gov
Visit MLTI on the web at http://MaineLearns.org and http://mlti.org
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From: mlti-ms-bounces at informe.org [mailto:mlti-ms-bounces at informe.org] On Behalf Of Brown, Laura
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:32 PM
To: MLTI-MS at lists.maine.gov
Subject: [MLTI-MS] MLTI Regional Leadership Meetings [internal-from_ADV?]
Importance: High

Greetings,

We do hope that your school year is off to a great start. We are excited to meet with you and your leadership team to discuss the progress of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) in your school.

Maine has been named one of six 21st Century states, but even though we lead the country in digital education, we still have work to do to ensure engaging, rich inquiry-based learning experiences for all of our children.

This year, we hope to focus on digital literacy, problem solving, and social networking strategies to improve literacy and numeracy.  Discussion of and resources for the integration of the arts as it relates to the Revised Learning Results will be part of this leadership workshop. Please bring ideas and present school practices to share.

For the initial regional middle school leadership meetings, school-based leadership teams are being asked to convene in each of the 9 superintendent regions. With the help of funds from Bank of America, we will be funding a teacher leader for each school (see attached job description). We hope to see your team at the meeting, which includes the principal, teacher leader, librarian, and one technology lead.

AGENDA:
8:30-9:00  	Registration and Connectivity
- Please bring your own coffee AND YOUR iBOOK

9:00-12:00 	Introductions
- Vision of the project, Roadmap for 21st Century: What is working?
- Action Research at your school-Results of state wide assessment
- Problem solving strategies and tools
- Social Networking
- Integration of the Arts/Revised Learning Results

12:00-1:00 	Lunch on your own

1:00-2:00  	Job-alike meetings

2:00-3:00  	Literacy resources, strategies and tools

REGIONAL LOCATIONS:
10/10/07  Aroostook, Presque Isle Motor Inn
10/11/07  Washington, Calais Motor Inn
10/23/07  Kennebec, Skowhegan Area Middle School
10/24/07  York, Biddeford Middle School
10/25/07  MidCoast, Waldo County Technical Center in Waldo
10/26/07  Cumberland, TBA 
10/30/07  Western ME, Auburn Middle School
11/1/07  Hancock, Atlantic Oaks in Bar Harbor
11/2/07  Penquis, Brewer Middle School

REGISTRATION:
Registration opens on Monday, October 1st at 10:00 AM.  Please note that the meeting capacity is limited to 4 people per school, so please register early.  The registration site will close when maximum capacity has been reached.  Please use this link to register: http://training.mlti.org starting Monday 10/1.

QUESTIONS CAN BE DIRECTED TO:
- Teacher Leader Job Description/Stipend: Bette Manchester at 207-592-3993 or email bmanchester at mainelearns.org.
- Registration Information: Juanita Deschambault email juanita.deschambault at maine.gov.  

Thank you for your continued participation and support!

Laura J. Brown
MLTI Project Assistant
Maine Learning Technology Initiative
State Of Maine Department of Education
Phone: (207) 624-6746 * Fax: (207) 624-6601
US Mail: 23 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0023
Shipping: 111 Sewall Street, 5th Floor, Augusta, ME 04333-0023
Project email box: mlti.project at maine.gov
Visit MLTI on the web at http://MaineLearns.org and http://mlti.org