Good morning!  My name is Jennifer Nickerson and I am the Curriculum Coordinator for RSU 64 (Bradford, Corinth, Hudson, Kenduskeag, and Stetson) just north of Bangor.  The theme for professional development in our district this year is Visible Learning.  I led the introductory session in August with the staff on surface, deep, and transfer level learning.  Then in October, we revisited the topic - going deeper!  I am currently attending Visible Learning ELA and Math sessions in our region in conjunction with the DOE and am eager to learn more.  We all have limited time and need to make the most of it.  I have been trying to model high-impact instructional strategies with staff through my PD sessions and also want to be able to support them as they try out some of these techniques with students.

Hello everyone!


I'm Colin Bacon, a math teacher from Central High School in RSU 64. This year, I'm diving headfirst into the Visible Learning texts and workshops. I attended the Dine and Discuss last week, and the PREP conference at UTC today. I'm going to participate in this book study, as well as a book study for "Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom" with my department at the high school.

I'm a big fan of what I've heard and read so far, I feel like Visible Learning is a productive way to enhance the learning for students in the classroom. It has also lit a new fire in my teaching, as I have all these new things to try!

I look forward to discussing this text with you all over the course of this study!

Hi everyone,

I'm Pam Rawson, a teacher at Baxter Academy in Portland. I read a little bit of the original Visible Learning book last year and was curious about how the results applied to mathematics learning. I'm one of the Dine & Discuss facilitators, so I had a chance to read the book over the summer. I'm hoping that this book group will serve as an opportunity to review and dig deeper.

Hello.  My name is Renee Harriet and I primarily teach Geometry at Nokomis Regional High School.  I am hoping to learn teaching strategies that will help my sophomores learn and retain the content and enjoy the subject.

I'm a Gifted and Talented Consulting Teacher for Auburn School Department.  This year has led me to work with students in Math in grades 2-8.  The middle level is new to me, however, I've worked with many of the students in my caseload as elementary students.  Over time, I've noticed that the missing piece for my gifted students is the ability to communicate their thinking in math, verbally or in writing.  I'm hoping that this book study will help me to develop tools to help my advanced learners show what they truly know!