University of Southern Maine

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Augusta

• EPA 531 Teaching the Holocaust: Implications for the 21st Century
• EPA 593 Integrating the Arts into Teaching the Holocaust
• HCE 641 Mind/Body Techniques
• SED 665 Institute for Program Planners in Education of the Gifted/Talented

Bath

• EPA 511 Incorporating the Professional Learning Community (PLC) Model into the Classroom

Bangor

• EPC 519 Embracing the Wabanaki Initiative: Bringing LD 291 into all Maine Classrooms

Falmouth

• EPC 518 Montessori Overview: Elements of Teaching and Learning in a Montessori Early Childhood Environment Falmouth

Freeport

• EPA 546 Leadership Training in Experiential Education Freeport

Gorham

• EDIS 943 Addressing the Needs of Exceptional Students in the Regular Classroom
• EDIS 972 Improving Student Writing with the Six Trait Model
• EDIS 1650 Service-Learning and Project Citizen: Engaging Students as Responsible and Involved Citizens, Grades 7-12
• EPA 538 Coordinating the Career Preparation Curriculum
• EPB 510 Technology Integration for the Classroom Teacher: Windows
• EPB 517 Developing Numeracy in the Elementary School Classroom
• EPB 520 Leading Effective School-Wide Literacy Programs
• EPB 583 Best Practices in Adolescent Literacy, Grades 5-12
• EPB 596 National Writing Project: Summer Invitational Institute
• EPB 599 Digital Storytelling
• EPC 500 The Read/Write Web in the Classroom
• EPC 501 Integrating Character (Ethics) and Citizenship Education in Schools
• EPC 502 Teaching and Learning through Universal Design
• EPC 511 Learning to Podcast and Vodcast
• EPC 516 Interacting in a Diverse Society
• EPC 517 Advanced Expressive Arts Therapy: Applications Across the Life Span
• EPC 521 Teachers Going Public: A Forum for Mentors, Writers and Presenters
• EPS 505 Advanced Assessment in Special Education
• EPS 507 Advanced Response to Intervention (RTI) for Reading
• HCE 624 Child-Centered Play Therapy
• HCE 625 Adlerian Play Therapy

International

• EPA 568 Mission to Germany and Poland: A Study Tour for Maine Educators

Lewiston

• EPA 536 Literacy Strategies Across the Curriculum, Grades 6-12
• EPA 549 Critical and Creative Thinking

Millinocket (Baxter State Park)

• EPB 530 Science of Maine Forests

Online

• EPA 537 Making Classroom Assessment Work for Learning
• EPA 585 Understanding Mathematical Thinking in Grades K-4
• EPC 509 TIME for Teachers (Training in Instructional Methods for Efficacy)
• EPS 512 Response to Intervention (RTI) Methods for General and Special Education
• EPS 515 Training Paraprofessionals to Work Effectively with Students with Autism

Portland

• EDIS 1590 StarDome Astronomy for the Middle School Classroom: A USM Southworth Planetarium Workshop for Teachers
• EPA 512 Homelessness, Foster Care, Hospitalization and Learning
• EPA 545 Storytelling and Creative Dramatics
• EPB 543 Successful Leadership for Diverse Schools
• EPB 551 Depression and Suicide in Adolescence
• EPC 524 Practical Instructional Strategies for Middle Level Classrooms
• EPB 554 Scientifically-Based Reading Instruction for the Elementary Classroom
• EPB 576 School Law in Practice
• EPC 504 Responding to and Preventing Bias, Bullying and Violence in Schools
• EPC 508 Technology Integration for the Classroom Teacher: Mac
• EPC 513 Education Law Conference
• EPC 520 Creative Literacy: Building Literacy through the Arts
• EPS 506 Understanding Emotional/Behavior Disorders

Rockland

• EPA 525 Science Content for Elementary Teachers, Grades K-6
• EPB 510 Technology Integration for the Classroom Teacher: Windows

Sanford

• EPA 542 Environmental Science: Concepts and Strategies for Teachers, 5-12

Video Conferencing

• EPA 565 Differentiation of Instruction: Practical Strategies for Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners

Wells

• EPB 545 Environmental Education and Interpretation: Coastal Science

York

• EPB 576 School Law in Practice: York Summer Institute