Keywords: teacher training
Item 149650
Madawaska Training School rules for boarders, Fort Kent, ca. 1907
Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1907 Location: Fort Kent Media: Ink on paper
Item 15614
Madawaska Training School, 1891
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1891 Location: Madawaska Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.
Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.
Exhibit
Carlton P. Fogg, Advocate for Vocational Education
Carlton P. Fogg (1899-1972) was passionate about vocational and technical education. While teaching at the high school level in Waterville, Fogg's lobbying and letter-writing helped create the Kennebec Valley Vocational Technical Institute in 1969.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor
"The training school trained teachers through tough and thorough studies. The graduates of Snow’s school found it easy to get teacher positions in…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle
"… to the Aroostook State Normal School that trained teachers, a public library sponsored by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, the Aroostook Valley…"
Story
Vincent Vanier - Technology Coordinator in Madawaska, ME
by MLTI Stories of Impact Project
Vincent Vanier describes what worked well in the initial MLTI laptop training model.
Story
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II