Educate Maine

We're pleased to publish Educate Maine's 2024 impact report, detailing a year of growth and success for our organization. From the thousands of Maine students who experienced cutting-edge science aboard the Maine Mobile Biolab to the remarkable impact of our State and County Teachers of the Year, from the growing influence of the new Teach Maine Center to the growing success of Project Login programs and initiatives like Girls Who Code, Educate Maine set new benchmarks for impact in 2024. To read the report, go here: https://loom.ly/k2XmSJc

Drive change on the fairways this summer with Educate Maine! We’re calling on businesses to join us at our Third Annual Golf Classic and help support our vital education and workforce programs. Your sponsorship is the key to unlocking potential and creating new opportunities for a robust Maine economy--and there are a few desirable sponsorship spots left open. Can we count on your company or organization to join us Aug. 11 at Nonesuch River Golf Club? To learn more and sign up to sponsor: https://loom.ly/g2b8pTY

Are you an educator looking to provide computer science learning, or improve the CS programs already in place at your school? We have great news! The code.org learning pathways offered at the CS Summer of Fun will get you started and provide year-round support. And if you attend this awesome week of professional development, your instructor might be Jeff Bailey, a teacher at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford. Before taking the code.org training, Jeff knew the program provided "easy to access tools, didn't cost anything, and could definitely get me started." "After I got the training to teach the program, I understood its purposeful design, around supporting kids who maybe never even had CS, and to challenge kids who did--the program can scaffold up or down and gives you the support as a teacher to address the inequities in computer science learning. The program was BUILT with those things in mind," Jeff says To learn more and sign up for the Summer of Fun--and these amazing code.org pathways, go here: https://loom.ly/Z24dtaM

We are delighted to announce that Jodi Mezzanotte will be joining Educate Maine as our new Director of Educator Engagement! In this role she will be leading both the Teach Maine Center and the Maine Teacher of the Year programs. Jodi brings 20-plus years of experience in education and a wealth of insight into the challenges--and opportunities--facing Maine teachers. She currently serves as principal of Village Elementary in Gorham. Read more: https://loom.ly/8C2p8fI

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.