Educate Maine

There's still time to apply for one of Maine's premier opportunities for educators! The Education Leaders Experience is still accepting applications for its 2025-2026 cohort, the "Xi" class. ELE brings an elite group of education professionals together for a full year of development and intensive networking, including immersive monthly visits with businesses around the state. Participants develop advocacy skills and strengthen their leadership capacity while learning about how education connects to sustained economic growth. ELE is a program developed and funded by Unum. Educate Maine administers the program in partnership with the Maine Principals’ Association and University of New England Online. For more information and to apply: https://loom.ly/ygwZMic

Thank you to Katie Delaney and NewsCenterMaine for capturing our Biolab so well! We appreciated your visit to Raymond and the way you captured the enthusiasm of our young scientists. https://loom.ly/oHNr9tc

Q: What's more satisfying than a really great round of summer golf in Maine? A: That great round of golf PLUS the satisfaction of supporting teachers, learners and employers as we build the state's next-gen economy! Now's your chance for both. We have a few sponsorship opportunities still open for Educate Maine's 3rd Annual Golf Classic. Check the link below to find out how you and your organization can be part of this event--and part of Educate Maine's important work as business-led education advocates. August 11 at Nonesuch River Golf Club in Scarborough--join us! https://loom.ly/g2b8pTY

Are you an educator for grades 9-12? Do you want to provide high-quality computer science (CS) instruction, but need training and support? This could be your summer opportunity! As part of Maine's annual CS Summer of Fun, you can choose one of two code.org learning pathways--intensive, highly supportive programs over five in-person professional learning days. After your week at Husson University, you'll have opportunities for online and face to face networking and collaboration with your peers throughout the year. Join Educate Maine and the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance July 21-25 for an invaluable professional development. For more information and to register: https://loom.ly/hX1p38o

We can hardly believe it, but Educate Maine's beloved Dolly Sullivan--an icon statewide for her tireless support for educators--is actually retiring! Her statewide influence and the projects and programs she built during several decades as Maine’s top teacher advocate will persist indefinitely. Dolly may be best known officially for her leadership of the Maine Teacher of the Year program. For more information: https://loom.ly/UuY1fZA How best to honor Dolly as she starts her next chapter? Thank an educator today!

A collaboration with the Boston Museum of Science has resulted in a cool (and warm!) new tool for the Maine Mobile Biolab. Working with Biolab educators Anna Stehlik and Heather Carlisle, fabricators in the museum's exhibit workshop created custom-made temperature plates--an interactive tool that helps Biolab visitors explore how humans perceive temperature. Carlisle and Stehlik traveled to Boston to pick up the plates, getting a behind-the-scenes look at the museum's fabrication workshop and a sneak preview of some new exhibits. The temperature plates made their debut March 21 at the Maine Science Festival in Bangor. They were part of the lab's "Senses and Perception" exhibit, which will also be open to the public this weekend at the Brain, Body and Wellness Fair sponsored by the University of New England.

Calling all science teachers in Northeastern Maine! Now's your chance to get valuable professional development--and work aboard the fantastic Maine Mobile Biolab. Join us Monday, April 14 at Pemetic Elementary in Southwest Harbor. In collaboration with the Maine Science Teachers Association, we're offering an evening of learning and networking for MSTA members. Dinner will be provided.

It's important for the state of Maine to continue to support workforce development programs like the Aquaculture Pioneers program. This week Workforce Development Specialist Meg Krieger told a Maine legislative committee that the AP program -- which matches talented candidates with ocean farmers for an unmatched summer work experience-lready has more than twice the applicants for the slots available this summer.

What's one issue employers, workers, families and educators can all agree on? Childcare! This week's Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce "Eggs and Issues" event tackled the issue head on, and Educate Maine's Kim Russell joined the panel to discuss why quality, accessible childcare and early childhood education are a critical need statewide. https://loom.ly/zehlCb8

There is nothing like summer golf in Maine. Fresh breezes, beautiful vistas, immaculate greens. Save the date now for one of the best outings of the season! Educate Maine's Golf Classic is slated for August 11 at the friendly but challenging Nonesuch River Golf Club in Scarborough. It's your chance to support educators, learners and the workforce in Maine while enjoying some great golf.