Education & Human Development

College Happenings

For a regularly updated list of offerings and information, check the listings on the UMaine Calendar: http://calendar.umaine.edu

Summer 2009

Literacy for Young Learners

This professional development program is appropriate for all educators with an interest in exploring the crucial role oral language plays in literacy learning. Particular attention will be paid to the ways in which teachers effectively support students who exhibit delayed language development.

August 4, 2009, Orono, Maine and August 6, 2009, Lewiston, Maine, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. For more information contact Amy Cates, 581-2438, amy.cates@umit.maine.edu

Kindergarten Conference -With Liberty and Justice for All: Establishing a Socially Responsible Classroom for Safe and Joyful Learning

Building a classroom community where all children develop social skills as well as academic skills is on that goes well beyond the management of children.

August 5, 2009, 8:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., University of Maine, Orono, ME. Form more information contact Janice Bacon, 581-3119, janice.bacon@umit.maine.edu

Fall 2009

You'll Reach Every Reader When You Differentiate Instruction

Participants will be engaged in understanding whole-class differentiated reading instruction. Robb will discuss the importance of establishing learning routines before implementing a unit of study, estimating student's instructional reading levels, and finding enough books to offer students choice. Audience: Grade 5-9 teachers.

September 11, 2009, Orono, Maine. For more information contact Amy Cates, 581-2438, amy.cates@umit.maine.edu

New Educational Leadership Cohort

Downeast Maine (Machias area) . . . starting Fall, 2009

The cohort experience and Master's degree are well suited for teachers who would like to gain an enhanced knowledge of leadership in schools and their capacity as teacher leaders. It is also very appropriate for those who would like to begin the process of earning administrative certification. The cohort will begin with a series of three classes that are foundational to school leadership and also lead to certification as Assistant Principal. If sufficient interest exists these will be followed by a longer sequence leading to a Master's degree in Educational Leadership.

For further information about the program contact JoEllen Carr, 581-2455, joellen.carr@umit.maine.edu

Literacy for All

Lesley University Center for Reading Recovery & Northeast Early Literacy Conference. November 15-17, 2009, Providence, RI. www.lesley.edu/literacyforall