From Peter.Bernard at maine.gov Mon Jun 9 14:08:12 2008 From: Peter.Bernard at maine.gov (Bernard, Peter) Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:08:12 -0400 Subject: [PAAP] PAAP Professional Development Survey Message-ID: <32E5C6B0B949584D9B6168C5F727916B03CA7C76@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us> Hello, As you prepare for what we hope will be a relaxing summer, we are preparing for the 2008-2009 PAAP year. We hope you will want to contribute to our planning so that the PAAP training and process will meet the needs of you and your students. We have prepared a brief survey to get your feedback on 1) topics needing focus within PAAP professional development presentations, 2) sources for PAAP information, and 3) effective training formats. You can access the survey by clicking here . The Task Bank is now open and we have posted tasks for two Content Standards/Performance Indicators. More Entries will be posted as they are completed. All will be available to you by the end of August. The User Name and Password for Task Bank access are the same as those you used for 2007-2009. You will find some changes in the format of the Task Bank: 1) the tasks are aligned to the 2007 Maine Learning Results, so all are new, and 2) before you can see the tasks, you will need to click on the grade span for the student who will do the tasks. If the tasks for the grade span are not at a high enough level of complexity for the student, you will need to review the decision to have the student participate in the PAAP. A student working above expectations for his or her grade span is a student "in the gap" between alternate assessment and the general assessment, and must participate in the appropriate general assessment with appropriate accommodations. If you have questions about the changes in the Task Bank or other issues related to the PAAP during the 2008-2009 school year, you will need to direct them to Kimberly Schroeter or Peter Bernard here at the Maine Department of Education. My retirement will begin on August 29. Kim will become Alternate Assessment Coordinator at that time. I know you will give Kim and Peter the same kind of support you have given me. My thanks to you all for your commitment to this work over the years. Linda -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/paap/attachments/20080609/bf608fe5/attachment.html From Peter.Bernard at maine.gov Mon Jun 9 15:16:14 2008 From: Peter.Bernard at maine.gov (Bernard, Peter) Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:16:14 -0400 Subject: [PAAP] Identifying Maine Students Appropriate for Alternate Assessment Message-ID: <32E5C6B0B949584D9B6168C5F727916B03CA7C78@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us> We are extending our use of technology to provide you with PAAP information through new and engaging formats. Our first efforts will be directed to brief multimedia presentations about specific aspects of the PAAP. A downloadable script of each presentation will be provided to enhance access for audience members who are deaf or hard of hearing. The first of these presentations has been posted in the Materials and Tools section of the PAAP Webpage (www.mecas.org/paap/materialstools). The topic is "Identifying Maine Students Appropriate for Alternate Assessment". In order to view the presentation, you will need to have Adobe Flash Player loaded on your computer. Most PCs are already equipped with this program; if your computer does not have Flash Player, or you wish to upgrade, you can download the program for free by clicking on the icon at the bottom of the Materials and Tools page. We hope you will look at and listen to this first-in-a-series presentation, and send any feedback you may have to Kim Schroeter , Linda Parkin , or Peter Bernard . Thank you, and have a fabulous summer! Linda, Kim, and Peter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/paap/attachments/20080609/586ec718/attachment.html