With the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to impact students, families and teachers in Maine, the University of Maine System (UMS) and the Maine Department of Education (DOE) are teaming up to offer a training Aug. 8 for educators on the use of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) in schools.
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine will soon begin offering a micro-credential for educators to become Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) coaches and trainers in schools and school districts throughout the state.
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Penny Bishop, dean of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, delivered pre-screening remarks at the premiere of the documentary “Changing By The Minute” on June 16.
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The University of Maine will soon begin offering a micro-credential for educators to become Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) coaches and trainers in schools and school districts throughout the state.
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development recognized 325 students for earning Dean’s List honors in the spring 2022 semester. The list includes students from every corner of Maine, as well as 20 other states and five countries other than the U.S.
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Gerald Work, former professor of education and former president of the Associated Faculties of the University of Maine, died on June 4 at the age of 88 at his home in Pennsylvania.
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Associate professor emeritus of education John Maddaus talked to the Portland Press Herald about this week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Maine’s ban on public, taxpayer funding for tuition at religious schools.
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About 125 educators will take part in the first annual University of Maine Educators Institute being held virtually June 22–23.
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Deborah Rooks-Ellis, director of the Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Portland Press Herald for an article about the Maine State Music Theatre’s sensory-friendly performance of “The Very Fractured Tale of Robin Hood,” by Randall Frizado.
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The Bangor Daily News and Penobscot Bay Pilot republished a University of Maine news release about a pilot study that investigated the use of a social skills curriculum for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) making the transition from high school to college.
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