MAVEA Summer Directors' Institute Agenda

Date: Aug 5 & 6, 2003
Location: MPA Conference and Meeting Center, Augusta

Institute Agenda topics:

August 5 - Essential Programs & Services (Yvonne Davis, Workforce Education Team, DOE and Mark Powers, Mid-Maine Technical Center) - Latest developments and next steps State Assessment Update (John Stivers, Workforce Education Team, DOE) Assessment design & development – Baseline for Success Benchmarking student literacy skills Pre-testing for tech program readiness Pre-assessment tied to processes for addressing deficiencies Student self-assessment and assessment as a motivational tool Student portfolios - Presenters: Dr. Jim Rog - Associate Professor, College of Education, Univ. of Maine; Jean Lawrence - Chair, School-Based Learning Team, Mid-Coast School of Technology; Geoff Nelson - Automotive Instructor, Westbrook Regional Vocational Center August 6 - Kickoff & keynote address (Patrick Phillips, Deputy Commissioner, DOE) Assessment & reporting Maine Education Data Management System (MEDMS) update (Ray Poulin, DOE) SIS status; SIF specifications; Linux options; SlillsTutor online program (Bill Portela, DOE) Accuplacer (Mark Powers, Mid-Maine Technical Center) - Testing and placement program for college applicants Directors' Corner - Sharing of best practices - topics discussed: a. Summer school with Plato and summer vocational camp b. Teacher Salary Incentive program c. National skills standards d. Contract grading

Links

• Back to MAVEA Initiatives page.
  
  
• U.S. Department of Education Career and Technical Education Homepage
  
  
• Perkins Vocational and Technology Education (State Grants and Tech-Prep Indicators) - 2004 - Goals and indicators to "increase access to and improve educational programs that strengthen education achievement, workforce preparation, and lifelong learning."
  
  
• Maine Education Data Management System (MEDMS) - MEDMS is designed to "communicate with local school administration districts, manage their data for state and federal regulatory and assessment compliance, while managing the department’s internal database and information flow."
  
  
• Maine Learning Results/Curriculum Integration Project (MLR/CIP) - facilitated by the Center for Career Development.
  
  
• School-Based Learning Teams (SBLT) - information and resources.
  
  

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