June 23, 2011

The 100th annual Maine School Superintendents' Conference is upon us. It starts Monday at the Senator Inn in Augusta.

That means it's time to start thinking about this year's theme: transformation.

Is your school in the midst of a comprehensive reform effort? Why have you undertaken it? What challenges have you run into so far? How will you know your effort has been successful? What support could the Department of Education offer?

Be prepared to share your tales of transformation and learn from others' when we gather for two days that I believe will be pivotal in setting Maine schools on a path of retooling for a new age in education.

— Stephen Bowen

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ACTION ITEMS

• DOE launches reimbursement model website
• Improvements planned for MEDMS staff data system
• ADMIN LTR: Revised Individualized Educational Program Document
• ADMIN LTR: Prohibition against building acid bombs in school
• GRANT: Maine schools can get funds to innovate
• REMINDER: End-of-Year Reporting, June 24
• REPORTING: School System Data Update (2011-12), June 27
• REPORTING: School Nurse End of the Year Report, June 30
• REPORTING: EF-M-39A Report of Adult Education for Subsidy Purposes, July 15
• REPORTING: EF-T-21 Bus Safety & Training Report, July 31
• REPORTING: EF-T-24 Vehicle Inventory Form (Pupil Transportation), July 31
• REPORTING: EF-U-433 No Child Left Behind Performance Report, Aug. 1
• REPORTING: End-of-Year Financial Reports, Aug. 25
• REPORTING: Special Education Tuition Report EF-S-07, Sept. 16

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NEWS & VIEWS

Languages specialist: Changing world, changing job

Don Reutershan, Maine DOE's world languages specialist, says it's an exiciting time to be involved in language instruction in Maine. By Tess Wrobleski and Lynne Cooney | More

Movement in Washington, but not the kind we want

While it's promising that the U.S. Department of Education will consider waivers from key provisions of No Child Left Behind, what we really need is a new law to take its place. By Stephen Bowen | More

Gearing up to transform

The 100th annual Maine School Superintendents' Conference will focus on building the capacity to make transformation of our schools a statewide phenomenon. By Stephen Bowen | More

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