Features, Maine Educator Online, News, Summer 22
The MEA is pleased to showcase student artwork during its sixth annual Maine Educator Art Cover Contest. MEA believes in celebrating the successes of our students and members, and this cover contest gives the Union that opportunity. Artwork was judged in the following...
Maine Educator Online, News, Summer 22
MEA is proud of all its members and appreciates you each day. Here are a few members we would like to recognize as we close out the school year. Congratulations to MEA Members selected as Maine County Teachers of the Year: Kelsey Boucher, AndroscogginHeather Anderson,...
Features, Maine Educator Online, News, Summer 22
Therapy Dog Breeds Student Success From Puerto Rico to Mechanic Falls, Nova the 38-pound rescue dog, had a remarkable journey from stray left homeless after Hurricane Maria to classroom therapy dog at Elm Street School in teacher Rebekah Bilodeau’s classroom. “I’ve...
Features, Maine Educator Online, News, Summer 22
Each year, the NEA’s Department of Collective Bargaining and Research compiles data from prek-12 schools as it pertains to salaries, enrollment and more and compiles what is known as its Rankings and Estimates Report. Maine Educator’s editor read through the detailed...
Maine Educator Online, Member's Only, Summer 22
My oldest son is now 13. I had no idea how much this would hit me. It wasn’t necessarily the fact that he became a teenager, and how much more white hair I am covering up with dye. Instead, what affected me the most was the feeling of being shut out of his life. I was...
Maine Educator Online, Spring 22
I Let My Son Get A Mullet. 1985 called- on its rotary phone on the wall- and asked for its hairstyle back. I have lost all control. That’s the point in the pandemic I’m at, AND….. I’m OK with it. I’m OK with letting go and accepting what I can and can’t change....
