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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please review the following resources and professional learning opportunities offered through the Maine Department of Education:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Educator Update: WIDA Professional Learning Opportunities and Resources for Supporting Multilingual Learners with Disabilities</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://mainedoenews.net/2025/10/22/professional-learning-series-developing-individual-language-acquisition-plans-ilaps-for-multilingual-learners-with-collaboration-and-instructional-planning-in-mind/">Professional
Learning Series: Developing Individual Language Acquisition Plans (ILAPs) for Multilingual Learners with Collaboration and Instructional Planning in Mind – Maine DOE Newsroom</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you and as always, please reach out. We are here to support.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b>Jane Armstrong (she,her,hers)<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline">English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) State Specialist <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline">Office of Teaching and Learning<br>
Maine Department of Education <br>
23 State House Station <br>
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023 <br>
<b>Email: </b><a href="mailto:jane.armstrong@maine.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">jane.armstrong@maine.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b>Phone:</b> 207-446-3294 <o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="http://www.maine.gov/doe" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Maine DOE</span></a> |
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