Editor’s Note – Spring 2025

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...
Maine Educator Spring Issue 2025 Salary Guide

$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...
Meet Our 2024 Award Winners 

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...