Other Professional Development Links

In addition to the professional development opportunities available through the RTDC we suggest visiting the following websites:

Office of Educational Outreach - University of Maine at Farmington for summer courses and services available during the academic year.
http://outreach.umf.maine.edu

Western Maine Partnership for seminars, building professional communities, and other school-based initiatives. http://wmp.umf.maine.edu

Maine State Department of Education website
http://www.state.me.us/doeind.html

George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://www.edutopia.org

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
http://www.nbpts.org

Barry Sweeny’s Homepage
http://teachermentors.com/NewFree.html

Maine Support Network, especially for those working with students with special needs.
http://www.mainesupportnetwork.org

Maine Center for Meaningful Engaged Learning
http://www.mcmel.org

Maine Math & Science Alliance
http://www.mmsa.org

Maine Council for the Social Studies
http://www.memun.org

Foreign Language Association of Maine (FLAME)
http://www.umaine.edu/mlcollab/transitions/profess.htm

LAD homepage
http://www.state.me.us/education/salt/LAD

Maine Alliance for Arts Education
http://www.maineallforartsed.org/index.htm

Maine Association for Middle Level Education
http://www.mamleonline.org

The Center for Educational Services
http://www.mainecenter.org

Let us know of other websites that might be of interest to educators in our region!