Maine Educator Online, Spring 22
It’s one of the best four letter words out there-FREE-especially when you’re on a tight budget. Maine Educator found a few freebies! Discovery Education-Daily Learning Activities Daily learning activities are available for free for every K-8 teacher in the...
Maine Educator Online, Member's Only, Perspectives, Spring 22
By: Paul Johnson, AFUM Member In January, I received my copy of Maine Educator. The article that really struck me was “School Nurse Struggle.” Several nurses gave personal accounts of how they had been spoken to and treated over the past academic year. In addition to...
Maine Educator Online, Member's Only, Spring 22
By: Andrew Mason, MEA Legal Counsel As the pandemic continues and educators are faced with new and difficult challenges in our schools and communities, MEA knows its members need the most up-to-date information regarding your legal rights in certain situations. There...
Features, Maine Educator Online, Spring 22
A conversation with the 2022 Maine Teacher of the Year, Kelsey Stoyanova Share your stories with us! Being an educator has never been harder than it is right now. During the pandemic, Maine teachers, support staff, and our higher education faculty and staff have done...
Features, Maine Educator Online, Spring 22
Portland Public Schools Lead the Way in Change 49%. That’s the number of students in Portland public schools that identify as people of color. 11%. That’s the number of staff that do. The large gap between the two is one Portland Public Schools is working hard to fill...
Maine Educator Online, Spring 22
From MEA’s Executive Director – Rachelle Johnson Happy Spring or Mud Season!!?? The last time we chatted, I was marking the turn of the calendar year and hoping that the new year would be kind to us all by signaling the waning days of the pandemic. Today,...
Maine Educator Online, Spring 22
I am writing this on an anniversary that I have no intention of ever commemorating, other than with what I’m writing here. I am referring to March 13th, 2020—the day two years ago—two longer-than-ever-before years ago–that educators went home, expecting to go...
Maine Educator Online, Spring 22, Your Union
1 – Historic Pay Increases MEA and its local unions negotiated some historic pay increases this school year for both preK-12 members and higher education members. Among the successes: community college support staff received 16% increases in salary in the first...
Features, Maine Educator Online, News, Salary Info, Spring 22
MEA maintains a salary database to better help members understand how educators are paid across Maine. MEA encourages you to use this information as you advocate for wages and benefits in your district. The data is based off of contracts submitted to MEA for the...
Features, Maine Educator Online, Representative Assembly, Spring 22
Each year, the MEA holds its Representative Assembly (RA), the democratic body of the Union. At the 94th annual RA members will discuss the following proposals seen below. 2022 MEA Election ResultsBOAD OF DIRECTORSAlly LoukasDistrict B3 Year TermCedena McAvoyDistrict...
