Featured Initiatives

The School Matters! grant program is designed to support and celebrate effective, creative teaching connected to Maine's Learning Result.
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UNUM - Portland Sea Dogs Teacher Hall of Fame Starting 9

Unum and the Portland Sea Dogs are teaming up again to recognize, honor and celebrate the good work of Maine classroom teachers.  

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO PUT TOGETHER THE 2008 STARTING 9 Roster. 

Please nominate that special teacher in your school who has made an extraordinary difference in the lives of your students and the quality of your school. 

Three teachers in each grade span: K-4, 5-8, and 9-12 will be selected. 

These nine educators will receive a personal check for $500, a personalized Sea Dogs uniform top, game tickets for eight, overnight accommodations for those who live more than two hours from Portland and the opportunity to participate in Unum’s on-field ceremony with a special Boston Red Sox honored guest. 

Get the nomination form here or contact us and we'll send one along!

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Here are some pictures from the 2007 Teacher Hall of Fame celebration with the Sea Dogs! 

2007 Maine Teacher of the Year Brittany Ray poses with Boston Red Sox legend, JOHNNY PESKY and Unum Senior Vice President of Group Underwriting, CHRIS JEROME.   

2007 Maine Teachers' Hall of Fame

BACK:  Dana Newman - Bucksport High School; Anthony Amero - Forest Hills Consolidated School; Toby Stinson - Massabesic High School; Lauren Potter - New Suncook Elementary School; Chris Jerome - Unum; FRONT: Brittany Ray - 2007 MTOY and "Team Manager" - Sharon Marchi - Wiscasset Middle School; Jeanne Montembeau - Biddeford Middle School; The legendary Johnny Pesky; Kellie Hooper Bressler - Prides Corner School -Westbrook; Jeanne Dyer - Biddeford High School and Christine Littlefield - Brownfield and Denmark Elementary Schools

Maine Readiness Campaign

The Maine Coalition for Excellence in Education is pleased to partner with education stakeholders in the The Maine Readiness Campaign
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Marge Medd, the 2007 Education Leadership Award recipient with Peter Geiger.

Issues Breakfast
The MCEE Issues Breakfast series are led by Coalition members who have experience with the particular topic. The objectives of the breakfasts are designed to better inform members of the issues and better leverage the knowledge and expertise of our members on the issues

Legislative Breakfast
MCEE hosts an annual Legislative Issues Breakfast forum for our Directors and members of the Maine Legislature.  This event provides an opportunity for our members to meet and discuss our goals and priorities with the legislators.  We worked with members of the 123rd Maine Legislature on the very important issues impacting K-12 education in Maine - the most notable of the session was district regionalization.  The 2008 Legislative Issues Breakfast was held in January.  Once again, we co-hosted the breakfast with the Maine Compact for Higher Education. http://www.collegeforme.com/maine_compact.html

Celebration
Each year the Maine Coalition for Excellence in Education recognizes outstanding leadership in education. This signature event started in 1998, continues to grow in importance for the Coalition and for the exemplary educators whom we honor. Our Board members believe that more needs to be done to honor and celebrate those educators who bring the best to the Maine classrooms.

In addition to the educators, MCEE recognizes Maine businesses, groups and/or individuals who demonstrate LEADERSHIP in education.  The 2007 Education Leadership Awards were presented to:  UNUM (business); The Committee of Four (Sen. Peggy Rotundo, Sen. Karl Turner, Rep. Sawin Millett and Rep. Emily Cain) group; and Marge Medd (individual)

Peter Geiger, Sen. Rotundo, Sen. Turner      Peter Geiger, Kevin McCarthy (Unum)

Stakeholder engagement
Sometimes referred to as our "Road Trip", these treks around the state extend MCEE outreach to business, education, community and parent leaders and provide an opportunity for our members to gain a better understanding of the regional issues.