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Advertise it more as a retreat for self-care, learning, and an ability to earn CEUs

IMPORTANT: Include the weight room/pool as part of a discounted fee for all three days.

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Bring in what UMO offers for support for schools or programs that teachers can access to support students. Does the Intensive English Institute still exist?

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For those that need to travel, attendance at multiple conference is impacted by cost. The summer academy is a great value that includes housing and meals.

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Offer different sessions to appeal to want different teachers might need.

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Get pictures of people teaching around the state...nothing special, just faces, 

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Get pictures of people teaching around the state...nothing special, just faces, 

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Being made aware of conferences

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Bangor is a two hour drive while southern Maine is four hours. Attendance at other conferences is difficult due to distant.

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Offer the Academy for optional 1 to 3 days.

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Offer the Academy for optional 1 to 3 days.

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I appreciate that Orono is not the ELL population center of the state but I also feel that the teachers who work in isolation around the further reaches of the state need to be encouraged to come and learn and network. There are many opportunities in southern Maine.

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I appreciate that Orono is not the ELL population center of the state but I also feel that the teachers who work in isolation around the further reaches of the state need to be encouraged to come and learn and network. There are many opportunities in southern Maine.

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TEAMS of ELL and mainstream teachers. As well as administrators should be here.

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TEAMS of ELL and mainstream teachers. As well as administrators should be here.

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Create a separate PD posting for ALL of the district offerings so it looks comprehensive and special.

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Create a separate PD posting for ALL of the district offerings so it looks comprehensive and special.

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Hard copy flier to individuals that promotes benefits such as educational credits

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Put in the bulletins more about the value of having attended, perhaps testimonials.

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Put in the bulletins more about the value of having attended, perhaps testimonials.

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Incentive to spend part of your summer at PD

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UMO is 2 + hours from Southern Maine. There are facilities there that could be used - alternate year to year.

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teachers in district district, let alone building have varied priorties

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teachers in district district, let alone building have varied priorties

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Our district seemed to only "select" certain people, not involving the people that should be.

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Our district seemed to only "select" certain people, not involving the people that should be.

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Next steps...what happens after the conferences?  When do we have time to collaborate and implement new resources, ideas, etc.

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Next steps...what happens after the conferences?  When do we have time to collaborate and implement new resources, ideas, etc.

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Special invites to teachers nominated by peers or to new ESL teachers with all costs covered

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So many, changing hot-topics and agendas

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So many, changing hot-topics and agendas

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Also, our district tends to initially invest in an idea, with a lot of investment in time, PD, and money and then lack of follow-through, changes in administration, changes in direction, and the follow-through falls away and on to the next hot-topic and teachers feel abandoned in their work and get burnt out from following the latest trend...

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Location is one issue. Orono is the center of the state but not the center of the state's "ELL world."

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Location is one issue. Orono is the center of the state but not the center of the state's "ELL world."

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Was this open for mainstream teachers as well?

Promote that people can get credits for recertification.

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Some districts are demanding a lot of PD over the summer in district so doing anything out of district seems like too much. 

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Some districts are demanding a lot of PD over the summer in district so doing anything out of district seems like too much. 

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Timing-more and more being asked of teachers during summer and not enough time to do it all

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Timing-more and more being asked of teachers during summer and not enough time to do it all

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Courting teacher leaders at schools as well as aministration

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Courting teacher leaders at schools as well as aministration

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Workshop with focus on building a team
within the school that includes mainstream teacher.

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Sending a preview/summary of content to not just ELL contacts but to school administrators, to engage them

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Coming to anymore PD in the summer - teachers are EXHAUSTED.  Also, somehow making the invitation open to ALL educators.  Teams should always be encouraged - including "Coaches" at schools.

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- Teachers aren't aware of the benefit/need
- Create incentives for teachers from schools as groups or departments/opportunities for collaboration

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Connect more with district admin and school admin. 

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Connect more with district admin and school admin. 

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Tie in directly to district's announcements for PD.
Announce earlier - at other events in the fall possibly.

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Bringing admin on board to see the value of workshops like this one to content teachers as well as ELL

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Bringing admin on board to see the value of workshops like this one to content teachers as well as ELL

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Teachers are not informed about the workshops. Teachers are not given enough time or opportunities to leave their school for workshops (if during school year, can't get subs). Some colleagues do not want to take time out of their summer.

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Timing.  Could you put out a doodle with a choice of dates and select the most popular?