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Literacy and Promising Practices

**NEW**Information and registration form for the 2009-2010 New Literacy Strategies for Beginners Series and the New CTE Literacy Mentor Series.

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Keynote PowerPoint presented by Dr. Julie Meltzer at October 2008 MACTE conference - Adobe

 

The Maine CTE Promising Practices Project is sponsored by the Maine Department of Education and Maine Administrators of Career and Technical Education (MACTE). The purpose of the project is to deepen and showcase how CTE centers throughout Maine are working to increase rigor (academic integration and literacy development) and engagement with program area teaching and learning.

Technical assistance, teacher and administrator professional development and case study development were provided by Public Consulting Group's Center for Resource Management (PCG-CRM) in Portsmouth, NH.  PCG-CRM's Dr. Julie Meltzer served as lead consultant for the project. She can be reached at jmeltzer@pcgus.com.

The following CTE centers are participating in the Maine CTE Promising Practices Project.

Focus on Literacy Integration

  • Lake Region: Literacy Integration as Part of a Regional Focus (Word - Adobe)
  • Mid-Coast: Literacy Integration Across the Curriculum (Word - Adobe)
  • Oxford Hills: Use of Literacy Strategies Across Academic and Technical Classes (Word - Adobe)
  • Region III: Use of an Onsite Academic/Literacy Specialist (Word - Adobe)
  • St. John Valley: Academic/Literacy Integration (Word - Adobe)
  • Tri-County: School-wide Reading and Writing Journaling Project (Word - Adobe)
  • Waldo County Tech: Literacy Integration (Word - Adobe)

Focus on Math/Science Integration

  • Bath: Science and CTE Teachers Collaborate to Enrich Student Learning (Word - Adobe)
  • Caribou: Integrating Science Content Across CTE Programs (Word - Adobe)
  • Lewiston: Career Academies (Word - Adobe)
  • Presque Isle: Integrating Science and Literacy in the AgriScience Classroom (Word - Adobe)
  • Sanford: Connecting Assessment Data and Math Support (Word - Adobe)
  • Region 9: Making Math Rigorous, Relevant and Credit-Worthy (Word - Adobe)

Focus on Student Engagement

  • Foster Tech: Collaboration to Promote Rigor Relevance and Relationships (Word - Adobe)
  • Skowhegan: Mentoring 8th Grade Students (Word - Adobe)

The mini-case studies below were developed in 2006 as part of the Promising Practices Project.  They showcase research-based promising practices that were implemented by Maine CTE centers during the 2005-2006 school year to increase literacy development and academic integration.

Each Promising Practice document summarizes related research and what the practice looked like in one or more Maine CTE centers during the first year of the project. All participating centers received technical assistance, including a site visit, and many also had instructors participate in the Literacy Mentor training offered that year.

All case studies were developed by Public Consulting Group's Center for Resource Management (PCG-CRM). The Promising Practices Project is sponsored by the Maine Department of Education and the Maine Administrators of Career and Technical Education (MACTE).