Don't miss the opportunity to learn with other teachers, administrators and instructional support staff who are learning how to explicitly teach critical thinking, including how to integrate the teaching of critical thinking with content knowledge and how critical...

We invite you to join us for two days of learning about how schools and teachers are designing the “Ideal Learning Experience” for ALL their learners. Over these two days a variety of educators will share what they are doing to change the traditional policies,...

  Join us on April 26th, 5:30 - 8 p.m. for the screening of: "Beyond Measure", from the makers of "Race To Nowhere" This event is co-sponsored by the Maine Cohort for Customized Learning and Thomas College's Center for Innovation in Education. This is a free...

Our annual national summit is scheduled for July 6-8 at the Spearfish Holiday Inn in Spearfish, South Dakota. For more information, follow this link: http://uscls.tie.net/ 2016 National MCL Summit flyer

March 30th, 2016 at Thomas College. Teams and individuals welcome. Registration closes on March 25 or when we reach 100 participants.    MCCL March 2016 Summit Brochure Slides used at the Summit: Replacing Grading with Learner Feedback_ Summit March 2016...

Thinking critically is an essential skill for learners to successfully navigate the demands of the world they will live and work in. Join us for this important discussion. For the last several years, teachers in the Maine Cohort for Customized Learning have...

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At their September board meeting the MCCL Board of Directors approved, in concept, the idea of paying teachers to complete their Habits of Mind curriculum work, started in the Spring 2015. With the exception of Oct. 14th, this will allow teachers to do this work...

Since October of 2010 teachers across cohort schools have been building and revising a proficiency-based curriculum. In the winter of 2015, 30 teachers revised our science curriculum. This Fall 2015 we have plans to revise our English Language Arts, Math & Social...

MCL Summit 2014 is off to a strong start in Portland, ME, with 225 educators from 11 states, including Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Arkansas, Vermont, California, and Maine.Bea McGarvey and Chuck Schwahn are kicking off the Summit with their keynote, "What We've...