Puppy love: Student teacher gives therapy dog lesson at Asa Adams
Fourth-grade students at Asa Adams Elementary School in Orono had a special visitor for Valentine’s Day: Ellie, a black Labrador retriever and certified therapy dog.
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Education connection: Student teacher reunites with elementary school principal at UMaine
Back in 2006 and 2007, Maria Low was in kindergarten at Capri Street School in Brewer, Maine. Joan Staffiere was the school’s principal. Low is now a college senior majoring in elementary education at the University of Maine, where Staffiere — who retired from a distinguished career as a public school teacher and administrator in 2008 — is now an adjunct instructor and student teaching supervisor.
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‘Teaching is my calling’: Heather Anderson, UMaine alumna and Aroostook County Teacher of the Year
Things have come full circle for Heather Anderson.
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Emily Albee: 2022 Penobscot County Teacher of the Year found a passion for education and social justice at UMaine
Emily Albee (’06, ’09G, ’12G) says her high school students are often surprised to learn that she wasn’t entirely prepared for college when she started attending the University of Maine.
Read moreMedia report on UMaine alum’s Milken Educator Award
Sarah Collins (’08, ’14G), a fourth-grade science teacher at Patricia A. Duran School in Hermon, will get a $25,000 unrestricted cash prize from the Milken Family Foundation, which hands out the awards — sometimes called the Oscars of Teaching — to educators who inspire and uplift, and make a profound difference for students, colleagues and communities.
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Isabelle Hallagan: Elementary education major gains valuable experience at Best Buddies Maine
Isabelle Hallagan, a rising senior from Falmouth, Maine, has only been a part of the Best Buddies program at UMaine since her junior year but fell in love with it quickly.
Read moreMaddaus interviewed by Press Herald about U.S. Supreme Court decision on Maine’s town tuition program
Associate professor emeritus of education John Maddaus talked to the Portland Press Herald about this week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Maine’s ban on public, taxpayer funding for tuition at religious schools.
Read moreMikayla Palmer: Outstanding Student in Elementary Education
Mikayla Palmer of Gardiner, Maine is the 2021-2022 outstanding student in elementary education.
Read moreMadeline 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.
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