The realities of what our students know about drug use, and why we need to pass LD 29
Melissa L. Guerrette, M.Ed., NBCT and Grade 5 Teacher at Oxford Elementary School shares her story with lawmakers, outlining the need for their full support for LD 29, which creates a work group to make recommendations about substance use and substance use disorder...
Episode 16: The Hargrove Herald 4/20/25
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LATEST EPISODE OF THE HARGROVE HERALD! In this Episode: Did you know? We now have over 700 members on MEA’s Learning Hub! Hear from MEA’s Director of Professional Development and Early Educator Engagement, Mallory Cook, about MEA’s...
Under the Dome: Paid Family Leave, MEA Day in the State House 4/17/25
Dear MEA Members – While Prek-12 public schools will be out for Spring Break next week, the work of the Legislature continues. The Education Committee, the Labor Committee, and the Appropriations Committee are all expected to meet over the Spring Break and MEA staff...
Under the Dome: MEA Day in the State House, Key Bills up for Public Hearing 4/11/25
Friends – The remaining bills are coming fast and furious. Legislative leaders have relaxed notice requirements for public hearings, so bills are getting scheduled for public hearing very quickly. There are a number of key bills coming up this week that I wanted you...
Maine Educator Spring Issue 2025 Salary Guide
The Maine Education Association works to help its members advocate on issues related to the profession and your lives. The Association has compiled this online salary database to give you a better understanding of how teachers and support staff are paid in different...
Under the Dome: Have You Testified Yet? 4/4/25
Dear MEA Members – Dozens of MEA members have shown up to the State House so far this session to testify for bill that address our workforce shortages through increased teacher pay, paid student teaching opportunities and strengthening the mentoring programs in our...
Episode 15: The Hargrove Herald 4.6.25
WATCH HERE In this Episode: Read more about the impact that federal funding has on our students: What Was School Like for Students With Disabilities Before IDEA? | NEA Take 5 Minutes to win $500! MEA needs you to verify your personal contact information....
Editor’s Note – Spring 2025
Samantha Burdick Expect the Unexpected Little did I know as a teenager that the Survivor tag line “expect the unexpected,” would become my mantra for 2025. The first part of this year has been filled with many unexpected challenges—the least of which was the flat tire...
$50K Salary
Just four short years ago, Zach Wentworth wrote his college application essay to the University of Maine about his passion for education and his dreams of returning to serve communities in rural Maine—like Calais where he grew up. Now, as he approaches the completion...
Higher Education Members Advocate for UMS Funding at the State House
Members of all three bargaining units at the University of Maine System—the Associated Faculties of the Universities of Maine (AFUM), the Universities of Maine Professional Staff Association (UPMSA), and the Associated COLT Staff of the Universities of Maine...
Meet Our 2024 Award Winners
2024 Award for Teaching Excellence: Chris Coleman Chris Coleman awarded the Maine Award for Teaching Excellence at the 2025 NEA Foundation Gala Educators often go above and beyond, never intending to be recognized for the many things that they do inside and outside of...
