MAITC is thrilled to announce that Colby College in Waterville will host the 2025 Summer Teachers Institute! The week will start with lunch on Monday, July 28 and finish at lunchtime on Friday, August 1st. Housing and meals will be at the college with two days of tours offered on Wednesday and Thursday by custom coach in central and mid-coast Maine. Lessons are aligned to standards and 38 contact hours / 3.8 CEU’s will be awarded. Email questions and scholarship requests to maitc@maine.gov

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MAITC will sponsor a breakout, titled, "Rooting Around for Stories". Jacqueline Briggs Martin, author of Caldecott winner "Snowflake Bentley" and books in the Food Heros collection, will talk about where writers find stories and how she came to write Farmer Eva's Green Garden Life. She will explore how to share this book with students to find stories and write in the garden. If educators bring their Read ME Agriculture books, she will be happy to sign them at the MAITC table throughout the day.

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This is a full day, field trip opportunity for Grades K-4 students. More than 30 different exhibits will be offered with animals, insects, history, and more! Buses are expected to arrive between 9:00 and 10:15 AM. Buses may begin to leave after lunch at 12:15 PM and the event will be finished for all at 2:00 PM. Reimbursement for bus transportation will be available on a first come basis for schools within a 60 mile radius.

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Since 2015, Amanda has been committed to growing the school garden program at Messalonskee Middle School and integrating agriculture into her science classroom.

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