Maine Educator Online, News, Summer 23
By Laura Fralich, teacher Gray-New Gloucester High School Give them choices: People like to have choices in order to feel in control. Toddlers have a lot of their lives dictated to them so they want to assert their independence whenever they can. Giving them choices...
Features, Maine Educator Online, News, Summer 23
Annual Report Shows ONCE AGAIN Maine is Behind on Pay Compared to Rest of New England The National Education Association, each year, collects, maintains, and analyzes data on issues and trends affecting the nation’s public education systems, their employees, and...
Collective Bargaining, Features, Maine Educator Online, News, Summer 23
Local Associations stand up for themselves, despite pushback from school boards More than ever educators are using their collective voice to improve their working conditions and their livelihoods. Members from local unions across the state are banding together for...
Maine Educator Online, Summer 23
The MEA worked hard to pass a law that provides greater protection to school employees when they experience dangerous behaviors from students while working at school. The current law requires the administrator and a union representative to review incidents when...
Maine Educator Online, News, Spring 23
Time to Run with the Wind I can’t believe how time has flown this year! It seems like only yesterday that I was addressing my first in-person MEA RA with the message that MEA is still strong, stable, and solid. Many of you who attended the 2022 MEA RA may remember my...
Maine Educator Online, News, Summer 23
As the academic year has been drawing to a close, the word ‘balance’ seems to keep coming up in various conversations and contexts. Balanced budgets. Balance of power. Catch off balance. Hang in the balance. Strike a balance. Your account balance. A balanced diet....
