As schools nationwide struggle with staffing shortages, two University of º£½ÇÉçÇø faculty members are exploring ways to empower and elevate teachers as leaders in their schools and communities.
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The University of º£½ÇÉçÇø’s College of Education and Human Development will look to establish an inclusive teacher pathway program serving rural schools and communities statewide thanks to a grant from the Rural Schools Collaborative (RSC).Â
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For Natalie Tomah of Smithfield, Rhode Island, deciding to come to the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø for college was like deciding to go home.
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The Bangor Daily News republished a news release about the recent Family Literacy Nights at Alton Elementary School and Viola Rand Elementary School in Bradley, hosted by students in the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø College of Education and Human Development.
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Natalie McCarthy of Lincoln, º£½ÇÉçÇø is the 2023 Outstanding Student in Elementary Education in the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø College of Education and Human Development.
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Liam Anderson, a junior at the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø College of Education and Human Development studying early childhood education, and Emily Albee, a three-time Uº£½ÇÉçÇø alumna, were featured in a Portland Press Herald article about a bill that º£½ÇÉçÇø lawmakers are considering to raise teachers’ minimum salaries to $50,000.
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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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Back in 2006 and 2007, Maria Low was in kindergarten at Capri Street School in Brewer, º£½ÇÉçÇø. Joan Staffiere was the school’s principal. Low is now a college senior majoring in elementary education at the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø, 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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Things have come full circle for Heather Anderson.
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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 º£½ÇÉçÇø.
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