Mikayla Palmer: Outstanding Student in Elementary Education
Mikayla Palmer of Gardiner, Maine is the 2021-2022 outstanding student in elementary education.
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Madeline Hanlon: Outstanding Student in Early Childhood Education
Madeline Hanlon (she/her) of North Smithfield, Rhode Island is the outstanding student in child development and family relations, early childhood education concentration for 2021-2022.
Read moreKatherine Kohler: Outstanding Student in Individual and Family Studies
Katherine Kohler of Sudbury, Massachusetts is the outstanding student in child development and family relations, individual and family studies concentration for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Read moreLocal media cover COEHD alumna honored with Milken Educator Award
University of Maine College of Education and Human Development alumna Hillary Hoyt (‘13, elementary education) is one of two Maine teachers to receive a prestigious 2021-2022 Milken Educator Award, created by the Milken Family Foundation to celebrate, elevate and activate the teaching profession.
Read moreUMaine faculty, students present at 2022 NEERO annual conference
Several University of Maine faculty members and students are participating in this week’s New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO) annual conference, April 6-8 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and online.
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Lily Canders: early childhood education student pursues dream of becoming kindergarten teacher
Lily Canders, a junior from Brewer, Maine, says her goal is to become a kindergarten teacher after she graduates in May 2023.
Read moreMaddaus discusses lawsuit potentially impacting school choice with Press Herald
John Maddaus, an associate professor emeritus of education at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, spoke with the Portland Press Herald about the possible implications of a lawsuit from Maine on school choice nationwide.
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Sezen-Barrie named NSF program director
Asli Sezen-Barrie, an associate professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, has been named rotating program director of the National Science Foundation’s Division for Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL).
Read moreTwo UMaine alums are Maine Teacher of the Year finalists
Penobscot County Teacher of the Year Kelsey Stoyanova and Waldo County Teacher of the Year Hillary Hoyt, both graduates of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, have been named finalists for 2022 Maine Teacher of the Year.
Read moreLocal news outlets report on behavioral support initiative led by UMaine
WVII (channel 7) reported on the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) professional development training offered by faculty and graduate students in the College of Education and Human Development. PBIS is a nationally recognized framework that provides a continuum of supports to students to promote positive academic and socio-behavioral outcomes. “It adds to that collective, […]
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