November Updates

[Armstrong, Jane]

November 2025 Updates

📣 Exciting DOE News!
Maine DOE Teacher Leader Fellow and National Expert Highlight Collaborative Approaches for Multilingual Learners with Exceptionalities – Maine DOE Newsroom<https://mainedoenews.net/2025/11/21/maine-doe-teacher-leader-fellow-and-national-expert-highlight-collaborative-approaches-for-multilingual-learners-with-exceptionalities/>
Maine DOE Recruiting Educators for Statewide Professional Learning Series to Strengthen Instruction for Multilingual Learners – Maine DOE Newsroom<https://mainedoenews.net/2025/11/21/maine-doe-recruiting-educators-for-statewide-professional-learning-series-to-strengthen-instruction-for-multilingual-learners/>

🌍Reminder that WIDA ACCESS and WIDA Alternate ACCESS are quickly approaching!
Testing Window: January 5-February 27, 2026
Check out the newly updated webpage for linked resources, timely information and professional learning: English Language Proficiency Assessments | Department of Education<https://www.maine.gov/doe/index.php/Testing_Accountability/MECAS/materials/access>

🎧 Check out WIDA’s latest recordings; both sessions are informative and led by expert educators.

  *   Instruction and Collaboration to Support Multilingual Learners with Disabilities<https://wida.wisc.edu/resources/instruction-and-collaboration-support-multilingual-learners-disabilities>
Nov 10, 2025

  *   Supporting Writing Growth for Multilingual Learners<https://wida.wisc.edu/resources/supporting-writing-growth-multilingual-learners>
Sep 18, 2025

📊 Join IMPACT 2025, ELLevation’s free three-day virtual conference designed for educators, leaders, and advocates of multilingual learners. This year’s theme, “Impact that Lasts: Sustainable Support for Multilingual Learners,” celebrates collaboration among educators, families, and communities.
December 2-4, 2025        🔗 https://ellevationeducation.com/events/2025-impact-conference-december-2-4


Visit Multilingual Learners | Department of Education<https://www.maine.gov/doe/index.php/learning/multilinguallearner> for more information and links to professional learning opportunities.


Jane Armstrong (she,her)
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) State Specialist
Office of Teaching and Learning
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023
Email: jane.armstrong at maine.gov<mailto:jane.armstrong at maine.gov>
Phone: 207-446-3294

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