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Volume 1, Issue 3, 2007
Welcome!This is the MMSA electronic newsletter. It will be distributed periodically highlighting various programs, events and issues.
Developing Partnerships among High School and Career and Technical Center Faculty
Creating a Network of Educators to Communicate about Teaching Math (CNECT-Math) partners with the United Technologies Center, Old Town School Department, University of Maine Farmington (UMF), and Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA). CNECT's goals are to:
The CNECT program is a Math and Science Partnership supported through the Maine Department of Education by US Department of Education funds.
The SCITEC program is a year-long project aimed at helping Maine high school students meet Maine's Learning Results revisions related to engineering and technological design. The SCITEC program brings faculty and students from Cony High School, Erskine Academy, Gardiner Area High School, Hall-Dale High School, Maranacook High School, Monmouth Academy, the Capital Area Technical Center, and the University of Maine together with staff from the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance and the National Center for Technological Literacy at the Museum of Science in Boston. The SCITEC program targets three main goals:
The SCITEC program is a Math and Science Partnership supported through the Maine Department of Education by US Department of Education funds.
Building the Capacity of Mathematics LeadersThe Academy for Mathematics Leadership (AML) is designed to create a statewide network of K-12 teacher leaders for launching and supporting focused efforts to improve mathematics teaching and learning across the state. AML is for mathematics teacher leaders, specialists, and coaches who are ready and committed to initiate, support and sustain K-12 mathematics reform for the purpose of improving teaching and learning in their school, district, region, and statewide. Eight-five applicants were accepted from across the state to participate in a three-day summer kick-off in July 2007, where leaders focused on mathematics content, leadership, professional development strategies, and facilitation skills. The focus of these sessions was to define and deliver content focused strategies in the teachers' Professional Learning Communities. In addition to the first session, three one-day follow up sessions are to be held during the school year. Collaboration and continued discussions in between the face to face sessions will take place using an electronic forum. A fourth follow-up session provides a focused, supported planning session for the leaders and a team of educators from districts to plan for possible year 2 implementation activities.
Other OpportunitiesStatewide STEM Summit - January 24, 2008 Phenomena and Representations for Instruction of Science in Middle Schools (PRISMS) - This project finds and evaluates phenomena and representations, aligned with standards, that can be used by middle school science teachers. Click here to read an AAAS announcement of the PRISMS project. CMP2 User's Conference - February 29, 2008 Nanoscale Science - February 27, 2008
Did You Know?Maine employment in the high technology fields grew 3% between 2004 and 2005.  Click on the chart to view it in a larger size.
Source: 2007 Maine Innovation Index. 92007) Policy One Research, Inc for the Maine Office of Innovation, Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.
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