{"id":27648,"date":"2025-08-27T15:47:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T19:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/?page_id=27648"},"modified":"2025-08-27T15:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T19:52:25","slug":"michelle-kearney","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/facultystaff\/michelle-kearney\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Kearney"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_013cd0-42, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_013cd0-42[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_013cd0-42\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_013cd0-42 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_013cd0-42[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_013cd0-42\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_013cd0-42 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_013cd0-42[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_013cd0-42\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading27648_013cd0-42 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_013cd0-42\"><strong>Lecturer of Literacy Education<\/strong><br><a href=\"mailto:michelle.kearney@maine.edu\">michelle.kearney@maine.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 207.581.2413<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_3057c9-d2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_3057c9-d2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_3057c9-d2\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_3057c9-d2 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_3057c9-d2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_3057c9-d2\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_3057c9-d2 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_3057c9-d2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_3057c9-d2\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading27648_3057c9-d2 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_3057c9-d2\">303 Shibles Hall<br>University of Maine<br>Orono, ME 04469-5766<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_bba2bc-71, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_bba2bc-71[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_bba2bc-71\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_bba2bc-71 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_bba2bc-71[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_bba2bc-71\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_bba2bc-71 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_bba2bc-71[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_bba2bc-71\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading27648_bba2bc-71 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_bba2bc-71\"><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Michelle Kearney brings more than 25 years&#8217; experience in education, having served as a classroom teacher, student-centered literacy coach, and most recently as a district instructional specialist for K\u20136 English Language Arts and Social Studies. Through these experiences, she has embraced the role of a reflective practitioner, drawing lessons that continue to inform and inspire her work with current and future educators.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_046a72-ab, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_046a72-ab[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_046a72-ab\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_046a72-ab mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_046a72-ab[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_046a72-ab\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_046a72-ab img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_046a72-ab[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_046a72-ab\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading27648_046a72-ab wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_046a72-ab\">Her approach to education is driven by a passion for helping teacher candidates deepen their content knowledge and bridge theory and practice in authentic ways. She strives to create learning experiences that emphasize responsive instruction informed by standards, progressions, and formative assessment, while honoring the diverse strengths, voices, and choices of students. Michelle is dedicated to fostering culturally responsive, equitable, and rich learning environments that prepare new teachers to meet the needs of all learners.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_9a9569-b6, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_9a9569-b6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_9a9569-b6\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_9a9569-b6 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_9a9569-b6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_9a9569-b6\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_9a9569-b6 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_9a9569-b6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_9a9569-b6\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading27648_9a9569-b6 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_9a9569-b6\"><strong>Education<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Assistant Principal Certificate of Graduate Study, University of Southern Maine<br>Maine Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy Coaching Certificate, University of Maine<br>Master\u2019s in Literacy Education, University of Maine<br>Bachelor&#8217;s in Elementary Education, General Special Education and Human Development, Rivier College<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_5c2059-03, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_5c2059-03[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_5c2059-03\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_5c2059-03 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_5c2059-03[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_5c2059-03\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_5c2059-03 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading27648_5c2059-03[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_5c2059-03\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading27648_5c2059-03 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading27648_5c2059-03\"><strong>Courses taught at 91¸£Àû<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EHD 202: Education in a Multicultural Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ERL 319: Teaching Reading and Language Arts in Grades PK-3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ERL 320: Teaching Reading and Language Arts in Grades 4-8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lecturer of Literacy Educationmichelle.kearney@maine.eduPhone: 207.581.2413 303 Shibles HallUniversity of MaineOrono, ME 04469-5766 Bio: Michelle Kearney brings more than 25 years&#8217; experience in education, having served as a classroom teacher, student-centered literacy coach, and most recently as a district instructional specialist for K\u20136 English Language Arts and Social Studies. 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