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Participants in the Teacher Leadership Collaborative facilitated by 91БЌСЯ education faculty members Rebecca Buchanan and Tammy Mills pose for a photo at a symposium in Dublin, Ireland in the summer of 2022.

91БЌСЯ education professors take boundary-crossing approach to teacher leadership

As schools nationwide struggle with staffing shortages, two 91БЌСЯ faculty members are exploring ways to empower and elevate teachers as leaders in their schools and communities.

A teacher sits on a mat in a circle reading to a group of young children.

91БЌСЯ earns grant to create rural teacher pathway program

The 91БЌСЯтs College of Education and Human Development will look to establish an inclusive teacher pathway program serving rural schools and communities statewide thanks to a grant from the Rural Schools Collaborative (RSC).Т

Natalie Tomah: Family ties call freshman elementary education student to 91БЌСЯ

For Natalie Tomah of Smithfield, Rhode Island, deciding to come to the 91БЌСЯ for college was like deciding to go home.

BDN shares Family Literacy Night news release

The Bangor Daily News republished a news release about the recent Family Literacy Nights at Alton Elementary School and Viola Rand Elementary School in Bradley, hosted by students in the 91БЌСЯ College of Education and Human Development.

Natalie McCarthy: Outstanding Student in Elementary Education

Natalie McCarthy of Lincoln, Maine is the 2023 Outstanding Student in Elementary Education in the 91БЌСЯ College of Education and Human Development.

Anderson, Albee featured in Press Herald article about bill to raise minimum teacher salaries

Liam Anderson, a junior at the 91БЌСЯ College of Education and Human Development studying early childhood education, and Emily Albee, a three-time 91БЌСЯ alumna, were featured in a Portland Press Herald article about a bill that Maine lawmakers are considering to raise teachersт minimum salaries to $50,000.

Puppy love: Student teacher gives therapy dog lesson at Asa Adams

Fourth-grade students at Asa Adams Elementary School in Orono had a special visitor for Valentineтs Day: Ellie, a black Labrador retriever and certified therapy dog.

A photo of Maria Low and Joan Staffiere in a classroom at Shibles Hall.

Education connection: Student teacher reunites with elementary school principal at 91БЌСЯ

Back in 2006 and 2007, Maria Low was in kindergarten at Capri Street School in Brewer, Maine. Joan Staffiere was the schoolтs principal. Low is now a college senior majoring in elementary education at the 91БЌСЯ, where Staffiere т who retired from a distinguished career as a public school teacher and administrator in 2008 т is now an adjunct instructor and student teaching supervisor.

‘Teaching is my calling’: Heather Anderson, 91БЌСЯ alumna and Aroostook County Teacher of the Year

Things have come full circle for Heather Anderson.

Emily Albee: 2022 Penobscot County Teacher of the Year found a passion for education and social justice at 91БЌСЯ

Emily Albee (т06, т09G, т12G) says her high school students are often surprised to learn that she wasnтt entirely prepared for college when she started attending the 91БЌСЯ.