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...
Scenes From MEA’s “Together As One” Winter Conference
Hundreds of MEA members, including educators, support staff, and aspiring teachers, gathered for the MEA’s Together as One Winter Conference. The event was held at the University of Maine Presque Isle in late January and at Bangor’s United Technologies Center in early...
From MEA’s Executive Director – Spring 2025
The Only Constant is Change Once again, the weather is changing, and the days are getting longer. This is incredibly good news for those of us who struggle in the darker months of the year here in the Maine. The sun has begun to make us long for flipflops and short...
MEA President’s Letter – Spring 2025
“The Power of We” I was heading home, much later than usual. My wife and kids had long been finished with school and were into evening activities – music boosters, Rocket League, taunting the cats, maybe a little homework. But the sun….it was still out,...
Under the Dome: Weekly Updates 3/28/25
Dear MEA Members – Paid Family Leave – What Are Your Thoughts? One conversation that has dominated this legislative session is around the state’s new Paid Family Medical Leave Program. This law was passed last session, and once fully implemented will provide up to 12...
Under the Dome 3/21/25: Trump Executive Order, Budget, and Mentoring Update
President Trump’s Executive Order Regarding the US Department of Education:Here it is . . . after weeks of speculation, President Donald Trump has followed through on his campaign promise and has signed an Executive Order to begin the process of closing the United...
Teaching and Learning: Fostering Safe and Affirming Schools for All Students
As anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric has skyrocketed across the state and county, so do mental health concerns among LGBTQ+ students and colleagues. You can help. Find out how you can foster safe, welcoming, and inclusive learning environments. All students and educators deserve...
Action Steps to Foster Culturally Responsive Practices
What is Culturally Responsive Teaching? “I define culturally responsive teaching simply as…An educator’s ability to recognize students’ cultural displays of learning and meaning making and respond positively and constructively with teaching moves that use cultural...
Statement from MEA President Jesse Hargrove on dismantling the Department of Education
March 20, 2025 Augusta— Augusta— Today, President Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the United States Department of Education (ED). In response, Maine Education Association (MEA) President Jesse Hargrove has released the following statement: “The...
