COA Educational Studies Program

We will be deleting this page. Look for us as the program transitions following my retirement at the end of this year and Linda's at the end of next year. We would love to hear from you via our COA email!

Wishing all of our alumnx, friends, and community partners a happy start of the new school year! I'm delighted to be able to announce that the Maine Delegation to the New England Board of Higher Education has selected Maine's educator preparation programs, including COA's, to receive the 2023 New England Higher Education Excellence Award for our "notable contributions to the State, to K-12 learning and to the educator workforce." As the NEBHE letter states, this "award recognizes individuals, institutions, and initiatives that have made substantive contributions to the New England states and that improve higher education opportunities for students." Congratulations to all of our dedicated, insightful and equity-minded colleagues in the Maine educator preparation programs who, like us, are working hard to prepare a diverse educator workforce well prepared to inspire, support, and challenge all students in our public schools during a time of poly-crises--public health, environmental, political, and cultural. We are humbled to be in the company of such visionary professional educators.

Congratulations to Abby Plummer, MPhil '16, who was recently awarded the 2022 National Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture Award through the National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization (NAITCO), Farm Credit, and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA). Here is a wonderful video profiling some of the inspiring work she is doing at Drinkwater School.

Abby Plummer, 2022 Excellence in Teaching About Agriculture Award

Do you love working to empower and elevate diverse youth voices and stories? The Telling Room in Portland, Maine, is hiring a full-time Lead Teacher, with a focus on programs that involve publishing (where students produce a book/chapbook as a culminating project). A fantastic fit for an educator who is also a book lover! You will also have the opportunity to work closely with a couple of COA alumnx, Marjolaine Whittlesey and Rylan Hynes!

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Interested in helping your students develop an appreciation and curiosity about the ocean? Come and see Tanasia Swift at COA's Summer Institute! For more information about how she is using STEM education to conserve New York harbor's reefs, visit this site here: https://www.billionoysterproject.org/

Register here for virtual or in-person attendance.
https://www.coa.edu/calendar/view/event/event_id/632762

Billion Oyster Project It took less than 100 years for New Yorkers to wipe out the oyster population in NY Harbor. Now, the Billion Oyster Project is rebuilding this important natural resource and habitat. Here’s what we’ve accomplished, since 2014, with the help of students, volunteers, and partners.