CACE

ELA Formative Assessment
2017-02-01 08:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | UMPI Campus Center, 181 Main Street, Presque Isle, ME, 04769, United States
With Lee Anne Larsen & Morgan Dunton, MDOE, in MPR Room. Storm date 2/1.

NMEC/ GEAR UP
2017-01-18 08:00 - 15:00
MPR Room. Storm date 1/19/16. More information will be posted soon.

NMEC Board Meeting
2017-01-10 13:00 - 14:00
Allagash Room. John Caesar/EMPOWER at 2:00 pm

NMEC Board Meeting
2016-12-13 13:00 - 14:00
Allagash Room

HoM/Guiding Principles Work
2016-12-13 08:00 - 15:00
with Lois Brewer, Part II, Room 118

EMPOWER Training, Advanced
2016-12-08 08:00 - 15:00
Allagash Room
*Attendees, please bring your laptops.
AGENDA
In this workshop learners will learn how to navigate the new features as part of the 2.3 Empower Learning Management System update. In addition, participants will learn various scoring tools and create playlists as courses and score. Reporting tools will be reviewed as well as ways to identify student need by using various tools embedded in the Empower program.
8:30 – 10:00 AM
1. New Features in Empower 2.3
2. Various Scoring Tools and Options
10:00 – 10:15 AM (Break)
10:15 – 11:30 AM
1. Quiz Creation
2. Playlist Creation
3. Necessary Components to Creating a Transcript – Marking Graduation Requirements
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch (On your own)
12:30 – 1:30
1. Progress Reports & Report Cards
2. Identifying Student Needs
1:30 – 3:00
1. Independent Work – Action Plan to Implement Empower
EMPOWER TRAINING
After today’s training, you should be able to do the following:
1. Be familiar with the 2.3 Empower Update features
2. Create quizzes, activities, and playlists and score
3. Be familiar with components that are needed to create a transcript report, progress report and report cards
4. Identify student needs based on student proficiency
5. Plan effective ways to implement Empower within your district
Empower Intermediate Training (.pages format)

EMPOWER Training, Beginner
2016-12-07 08:00 - 15:00
Allagash Room
AM WORKSHOP: 8:30 – 11:30 AM (Session 1)
PM WORKSHOP: 12:00 – 3:00 PM (Session 2)
*Attendees, please bring your laptops.
AGENDA
Learners will be able to navigate the Empower LMS site and be able to build and create student friendly content. This content will then be scored and used to determine student proficiency toward identified standards within the Empower program.
8:30 – 10:00 AM
1. Introduction
2. Navigation Tools on Home Page
3. Navigation Tools Specific to Classes
10:00 – 10:15 AM (Break)
10:15 – 11:30 AM
1. Create a Group Instruction
a. Individual Work – Create a Group and Assign Students
2. Create an Activity and Assign to Group
a. Independent Work – Building an Activity
3. Score Activity – Activity Gradebook Tools Instruction
AM EMPOWER TRAINING
After today’s training, you should be able to do the following:
1. Login to the Empower site
2. Locate my profile and make profile changes if needed
3. Know the basic icons and function tools of the home page
4. Identify the Curriculum loaded into Empower (Target Browser)
a. Browse measurement topics, targets, scoring rubrics, taxonomy and resources
b. Identify particular student needs by group or individual
5. Know the basic navigation tools specific to a class
a. Rosters and student information
b. Report card comments, task grade book, grading spreadsheet
6. Create a Group
7. Create an Activity and Score
Lunch (On your own)

GEAR UP
2016-12-01 08:00 - 15:00
Alumni Room (changed from 12/5/16)

HoM/Guiding Principles Work, Part I
2016-11-14 08:00 - 15:00
with Lois Brewer in the Alumni Room

NMEC Board Meeeting
2016-11-08 13:00 - 14:00

GEAR UP
2016-11-07 08:00 - 15:00
UMPI Campus Center Room 118
