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From the Maine Department of Education Reporting Items Upcoming Data Reporting Webinars The Maine Department of Education (DOE) Data Team has scheduled the following data reporting webinars for this spring. |  More | Visit the DC&R Reporting Calendar | News & Updates DOE Podcast What Holds Us Together Highlights Efforts to Elevate Educators and Schools … Continue reading Maine DOE Update – April 26, 2024

The Maine Department of Education (DOE) has partnered with Maine Roads to Quality Professional Development Network and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Child and Family Services to offer a no-cost book study for Maine early care and education professionals (serving children birth-Grade 3) interested in creating more inclusive classrooms. … Continue reading Inclusive Classroom Book Study for Maine Early Care and Education Professionals (serving Birth-Grade...

We want to thank you for joining us in celebrating the Week of the Young Child! This is a national event promoting the importance of high-quality early learning sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).  This year the Maine Department of Education and the  Department of Health and Human Services, … Continue reading Week of the Young Child: Music Monday

On January 17, 2024, the National Governors Association Children & Families team hosted the monthly Human Services Policy Advisors Institute on supporting the ECE workforce through early childhood apprenticeships.

“Participating in the series has helped me to look at the decisions we make about our instructional programming and school community through the lens of early learning and what is developmentally appropriate for our youngest learners.”  –Quote from Cohort 1 participant As Maine elementary schools have added preschool programming and are promoting whole student approaches … Continue reading Leading Early Learning—A Professional Learning Series for Elementary School Ad...