CACE

Taking Time to B.R.E.A.T.H.E. with Dr. Joelle Hood
2020-10-29 17:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Taking Time To B.R.E.A.T.H.E.
Strategies for Strengthening Personal and Professional Resilience

Session 1: Thursday, October 29, 2020, 5:30-8pm
Session 2: Thursday, November 5, 2020, 5:30-8pm
Session 3: Thursday, November 12, 2020, 5:30-8pm

Zoom information will be emailed to you before the event. Participants are encouraged to join this virtual workshop from their own device.
Let’s face it. Life is full of change and uncertainty and is pretty stressful right now for most of us. When students and staff experience chronic stress, it can negatively impact their motivation, performance, and well-being, which can then affect the morale and climate of the home, the classroom, the staff room, the organization, and the community. There couldn’t be a more important time to focus on strengthening our well-being and resilience than right now.
Participants in this engaging workshop will walk away with simple research-based practices from the fields of Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, Emotional Intelligence, and Social Psychology, that they can utilize with themselves, their teams, and their students to reduce stress and anxiety, improve attention and performance, and strengthen overall physical and psychological well-being. This transformational learning session provides an easy framework to give staff the understanding, motivation, and practices needed to work on becoming better humans, better educators, better leaders and better organizations.
B = Build Belonging & Cultivate Connection
R = Reflect on Purpose
E = Engage in Self-Compassion
A = Amplify Attention, Awareness, & Awe
T = Tap Into Thankfulness And Appreciation
H = Harness Your Thoughts
E = Empower Empathy Everyday

Taking Time to B.R.E.A.T.H.E. with Dr. Joelle Hood
2020-10-29 14:30 - 17:00
Taking Time To B.R.E.A.T.H.E.
Strategies for Strengthening Personal and Professional Resilience

Session 1: Thursday, October 29, 2020, 2:30-5pm
Session 2: Thursday, November 5, 2020, 2:30-5pm
Session 3: Thursday, November 12, 2020, 2:30-5pm

Zoom information will be emailed to you before the event! Participants are encouraged to join this virtual workshop from their own device.
Let’s face it. Life is full of change and uncertainty and is pretty stressful right now for most of us. When students and staff experience chronic stress, it can negatively impact their motivation, performance, and well-being, which can then affect the morale and climate of the home, the classroom, the staff room, the organization, and the community. There couldn’t be a more important time to focus on strengthening our well-being and resilience than right now.
Participants in this engaging workshop will walk away with simple research-based practices from the fields of Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, Emotional Intelligence, and Social Psychology, that they can utilize with themselves, their teams, and their students to reduce stress and anxiety, improve attention and performance, and strengthen overall physical and psychological well-being. This transformational learning session provides an easy framework to give staff the understanding, motivation, and practices needed to work on becoming better humans, better educators, better leaders and better organizations.
B = Build Belonging & Cultivate Connection
R = Reflect on Purpose
E = Engage in Self-Compassion
A = Amplify Attention, Awareness, & Awe
T = Tap Into Thankfulness And Appreciation
H = Harness Your Thoughts
E = Empower Empathy Everyday

School Librarian Day
2021-04-02 08:30 - 11:30 | UMPI Campus Center, 181 Main Street, Presque Isle, ME, 04769, United States
In collaboration with CACE, the Library at the University of Maine at Presque Isle is hosting a School Librarian Day. This is for all school library personnel. The goal of the day is to provide an opportunity for collaboration and communication between the UMPI Library and school libraries throughout Northern Maine.
Part of the day will focus on what services the UMPI Library can offer free of cost to school libraries. For any questions, please contact Roger Getz, Director of Library Services, at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. (207) 768-9595, roger.getz@maine.edu

Aspiring Leaders Workshop
2021-04-02 08:30 - 12:00 | Virtual (A link to join the Zoom meeting will be sent to you in advance.)
Aspiring Leaders Workshop: What does it look like (and mean) to be a building leader in 2020?
Friday, April 2, 2021, 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
University of Maine at Presque Isle, Campus Center

Workshop Facilitators

Ted Hall, Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership and former New Hampshire and Maine Principal
Jamie Selfridge, Principal, Fort Fairfield High School
Erin Ireland, Principal, Easton Elementary School

Serving a school as its principal is among the most challenging, important, and rewarding jobs in education. Principals are expected to solve problems, be ever-present, know everyone, be an instructional leader, and achieve results. Highly competent principals are the key to ensuring all students receive the education they need to be successful—whether their next step is school or their first job. Discerning whether the principalship is for you, therefore, is one of the most important career decisions you can make. Join us for a day of candid learning, engaging conversation, and helpful networking as we share information and provide you with the time and the space to learn more about the challenges and the rewards of the principalship and what you can do next if this is the job for you.
Participant outcomes

Participants will examine traits of an exemplary school leader

Participants will understand the various roles of current school leaders

Participants will look at a process for beginning as a school leader in a school

Participants will explore the role of teacher leaders in effective schools

Participants will explore the role of families and communities in effective schools

Participants will have the opportunity to ask school leaders specific questions about their work

Lunch will be provided.

CACE Leader Connect
2021-05-18 08:30 - 09:30 | Virtual (A link to join the Zoom meeting will be sent to you in advance.)
Join us for this month’s Leader Connect session focused on current issues facing school leaders. Facilitated by nationally recognized educational consultant, Kim Marshall, all administrators are welcome to join us for this informal, interactive, and information-rich discussion.
Draft agenda
8:30-8:35am, Welcome and introductions
8:35-8:50am, Brief Presentation: Return to School Plans: Practices to Keep; Practices to Discard; and How to Decide by Kim Marshall
8:50-9:20am, Open discussion of issues, ideas, and opportunities facing school leaders
9:20-9:30am, Closing remarks
Once you have registered a Zoom invitation will be e-mailed to you in advance of the event. Should you have questions, contact Alana Margeson, CACE Executive Director at alana.margeson@maine.edu.

CACE Day 2021 (Via Zoom)
2021-09-17 08:00 - 12:00
Zoom Link Will Be Shared Prior to the Event
Featured Speakers and Topics:

Dr. Jason Judd, Educate Maine – A Snapshot of Education in Maine
Andrew Kirby, 2021 Aroostook County Teacher of the Year -The Power of Relationships
Cindy Soule, 2021 Maine Teacher of the Year- Creating Learning Communities That Disrupt the Opportunity Gap
Dorina Sackman- Transformative Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence 101 for Adults - It Takes a Calm Brain To Calm a Brain (via Zoom)
2021-10-12 12:30 - 15:00
Please join Maine Department of Education Social Emotional Learning Specialist Kellie Doyle Bailey MA CCC-SLP, MMT/SELI as she provides a unique brain-based overview of the importance of growing Adult Emotional Intelligence and the purposeful teaching of the 5 Key Elements of SEL to children of all ages. Kellie will break down the premise of all behaviors tell us something about what a child is experiencing and how we can use SEL and Mindfulness tools/strategies to help children birth to 18 develop self-awareness, self-regulation, social awareness, build strong connections/relationships with adults and peers and ultimately make responsible decisions. Participants will develop a core knowledge of Emotional Intelligence for adults and SEL for youth as well as walk away with practical strategies and techniques to help regulate to co-regulate for optimal health, wellness, engagement, and participation in and out of the classroom setting.
Bio- Kellie Bailey, Social Emotional Learning/Restorative Practice Specialist, Maine Department of Education
Kellie Doyle Bailey is the SEL Specialist for the Maine Department of Education. Kellie brings to the field 30 years of experience working in Maine public schools as a speech/language pathologist and more recently mindfulness and SEL educator. She is the founder of The Children’s Collaboration Center and Calm Cool Kids Educate. Kellie has a deep knowledge and understanding of the neuro-developmental sequences of humans’ birth to adult and in assisting educators, support staff, families, and community partners with understanding reactive and responsive learner patterns of dysregulated children.
She is passionate about building awareness of the essential development of adult emotional intelligence and for assisting all adults working directly with youth to find ways to embed Social Emotional Learning into real life learning experiences. Kellie holds a core belief that SEL is critical in keeping kids safe, connected, and cared for and ultimately the impetus for lifelong happiness and success. Only through the expansion and knowledge of our own emotional intelligence work and the cultivation of true practice of being present for ourselves can we then be present for our children.
Kellie encourages adults to fully understand that children can only work optimally when they feel safe, connected, and cared for. Assisting all students in the development of a strong foundational in social emotional learning allows each in becoming responsive rather than reactive to the demands of learning. Kellie is a firm believer that embedding SEL into everyday instruction is a strong step in building trauma informed, best practice schools. Kellie serves as an adjunct instructor for The University of Maine- Farmington, teaching Mindfulness in Education and she is the author Some Days I Flip My Lid and Some Nights I Flip My Lid -Learning to be a Calm Cool Kid– mindfulness books in publication through PESI publishing. Her newest book in the Calm Cool Kids Educate Series- Some Days I Breathe On Purpose will release in November 2021.
*A Zoom link will be shared in advance of the workshop

Mentor Teacher Training from the Maine Department of Education (via Zoom)
2021-10-18 08:30 - 15:30
Mentor teacher training will be provided by Emily Doughty, Educator Effectiveness Coordinator at the Maine Department of Education. All materials will be available electronically and educators will receive contact hours for participation. We encourage interested participants to discuss the opportunity, along with local training requirements, with their mentor chairperson prior to registering. Built-in breaks will be scheduled, including a lunch break.
*A Zoom link will be sent in advance of the workshop

Leader Connect with Kim Marshall (via Zoom)
2021-10-19 08:30 - 09:30
Join us for this month’s Leader Connect session focused on challenges facing administrators during COVID, particularly complex and challenging school and community issues – an opportunity for school and district administrators to come together to share and discuss issues, ideas, and opportunities. Leader Connect is facilitated by nationally recognized educational consultant, Kim Marshall. All administrators are welcome to ZOOM into this informal and information-rich discussion.
