Are you frustrated at the challenge of working with underachieving and unmotivated students? What motivates them to learn? What can we do to improve the situation? This session will explore what does motivate underachievers, and some concrete actions teachers can take to improve learning for every student.
Moving the Needle: Leadership for School Change – UMaine Summer Institute 2026
Are you struggling with school change? Are you about to launch a major change initiative? What are the lessons from folks who have successfully moved the needle on large-scale school change? Come learn about avoiding the barriers to school change, the strategies for building buy-in for change among your staff and community, and for supporting educators as they implement the change.
Using the Beane Model of Integration
Empowering Learners: Using the Beane Model of Curriculum Integration – UMaine Summer Institute 2026 Move beyond subject-centered instruction and discover how to create a “negotiated curriculum” that directly addresses the personal and social concerns of learners. This hands-on workshop introduces the practical steps of James Beane’s integrative curriculum model, focusing on creating a democratic, relevant,…
Promoting Harmony in the Middle Grades – UMaine Summer Institute 2026
When walking in the woods, sunshine can illuminate a path that has been taken by others, making a journey a bit easier, and offering the opportunity for you to discover what they had discovered. Let’s shed a little light on those who created the Middle Level paths for us. Now is the time to reawaken, enliven, and celebrate early lessons from Middle Level Education.
Who ARE These Kids? – UMaine Summer Institute 2026
When walking in the woods, sunshine can illuminate a path that has been taken by others, making a journey a bit easier, and offering the opportunity for you to discover what they had discovered. Let’s shed a little light on those who created the Middle Level paths for us. Now is the time to reawaken, enliven, and celebrate early lessons from Middle Level Education.
Personalized Professional Learning with Micro-credentials – Resources
What’s all the fuss about micro-credentials and digital badging? What are they and how do I earn them? What do they have to do with professional development and personalizing learning for educators? What are some educator micro-credential programs currently available? How can you tell a real micro-credential program from one just using the term “badges”?…
Sustaining Positive Relationships with Students
Are you frustrated at the challenge of working with underachieving and unmotivated students? What motivates them to learn? What can we do to improve the situation? This session will explore what does motivate underachievers, and some concrete actions teachers can take to improve learning for every student.
Motivating Disengaged Students –
Are you frustrated at the challenge of working with underachieving and unmotivated students? What motivates them to learn? What can we do to improve the situation? This session will explore what does motivate underachievers, and some concrete actions teachers can take to improve learning for every student.
Foundations of Middle Level Education – MLEI ‘25
When walking in the woods, sunshine can illuminate a path that has been taken by others, making a journey a bit easier, and offering the opportunity for you to discover what they had discovered. Let’s shed a little light on those who created the Middle Level paths for us. Now is the time to reawaken, enliven, and celebrate early lessons from Middle Level Education.
Middle School Philosophy
When walking in the woods, sunshine can illuminate a path that has been taken by others, making a journey a bit easier, and offering the opportunity for you to discover what they had discovered. Let’s shed a little light on those who created the Middle Level paths for us. Now is the time to reawaken, enliven, and celebrate early lessons from Middle Level Education.
Student Learning Guru 