Several University of Maine faculty members and graduate students presented their research at the 56th annual conference of the New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO), March 26-28 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
A story that aired on News Center Maine聽this week showcased efforts by the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development to help rural school districts recruit, educate and retain STEM teachers.
With rural schools facing significant shortages of highly-qualified teachers, particularly those in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development will use a grant from the National Science Foundation to boost support for future and current STEM educators in rural school districts.
Lee Francis is the 2024 recipient of the Krissy Miner Memorial Award for Outstanding M.Ed./Ed.S. Student in Educational Leadership. A member of the Penobscot Nation from Indian Island, Maine, Francis is principal of the Indian Island School.
Amy Sullivan, originally from Lincoln, Rhode Island, is the recipient of the Outstanding Scholarly-Practitioner in Educational Leadership Ed.D. Student Award (Credo Cohort) for 2024. You can read a Q&A with Sullivan below.
Britton (Britt) Wolfe of Hiram, Maine is the recipient of the Outstanding Scholarly-Practitioner in Educational Leadership Ed.D. Student Award (Beacon Black Bear Cohort) for 2024. Wolfe is the principal at Sacopee Valley High School. You can read a Q&A with him below.
Jon Doty, assistant superintendent of RSU 34, the school district for Old Town, Alton and Bradley, received the inaugural Robert A. Cobb Award for Extraordinary Service to the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Maine.
A study conducted by University of Maine alumna Sherry Pineau Brown and associate professor of educational leadership Catharine Biddle was cited in a recent article published in NEA Today.
Jonathan Moody of MSAD 54 (Skowhegan, Canaan, Mercer, Smithfield, Cornville and Norridgewock) is Maine鈥檚 2024 Superintendent of the Year and Kathy Harris-Smedberg of the Bangor School Department is the 2024 […]
This post originally appeared on the Rural Schools Collaborative website. It has been republished with permission. Amidst an unseasonably warm fall week belied by blazing fall colors, the RSC team […]
