Questions On My Mind About School Districts In Maine

     After researching so many different types of schools and trying to decipher it all, I was really curious to know about other districts and how you all feel about educational political topics that are going on in your districts.  I have included a link to a voicethread that has questions about the important educational political issues in the state of Maine currently.  I hope to get a few either voice, text, or video comments describing your experiences with the issues at hand. It is a respectful forum that supports only professional responses and values all appropriate viewpoints. If you don't have a voicethread account, or would rather respond on this blog, I have typed the questions below.

https://voicethread.com/share/5736008/  

COMMON CORE

1.  How comfortable are you with implementing the common core standards?

2.  How prepared is your district's curriculum with the common core standards?

3.  What is your opinion about the common core?

PROFICIENCY BASED INSTRUCTION

4.  How has proficiency based instruction/grading effected your students?

5.  How has proficiency based instruction/grading effected your classroom?

6.  Has your district encouraged proficiency based instruction/grading, if so, how?

SMARTER BALANCED TESTING

7.  Did your school decide to pilot the smarter balanced testing?  If so, how did it go?

8.  What do you think of the smarter balanced test?  Discuss potential positives and potential challenges surrounding this test.

TEACHER EVALUATION

9.  What would you like to see for teacher evaluation?

10.  How is your district deciding on teacher evaluation?

SCHOOL MODELS (not on the voicethread yet)

11.  What is your feeling about charter schools?  Discuss potential benefits and challenges facing Maine charter schools.

12.  What school model would you support the most?

13.  How do you feel about virtual schools?  Are there some schools that could be virtual and others that could not?