The Western Maine Consortium includes SAD#9, RSU #10, SAD#44, SAD#58, Mechanic Falls, SAD#36 Livermore, Fayette, Lewiston, and the Western Maine Educational Collaborative. The focus of my work will be in these SAU's although I will also work with other schools in the region and state as time allows. 


Phone: 207-674-2006
Email:  JBurkeMaine@gmail.com

The goals of this consortium's plan are to inspire teachers, engage students, and enrich teaching in order to improve student performance by introducing learning models and strategies empowered by the use of digital technology.   The Memorandum of Understanding included (attached below) offers a guideline for this work.  The model calls for the encouragement of professional learning communities to develop capacity related to school academic goals over an extended period of time.

Essential Questions:

• How do we know information is true?
• How do we communicate effectively?
• What does it mean to be a global citizen?
• How do we learn best?
• How can we stay safe?

Verbs for Professional Development

• Questioning
• Anticipating
• Modeling
• Publishing
• Processing
• Scaffolding
• Connecting
• Gathering
• Collecting
  
• Sharing
• Debriefing/Reviewing/Reflecting
• Visioning
• Networking
  

Below find a link to workshop possibilities and an attachment outlining expectations for the cohort (PLC) model. Contact me at JBurkeMaine@gmail.com if you have an interest . . . and we'll try to work something out that will work in your school.

jim