UMF College of Education, Health, & Rehabilitation Services

06/03/2024

Pretty cool!

05/13/2024

The College of Education is so proud to acknowledge that four UMF graduates are included among the recently announced 2024 Maine County Teachers of the Year! Congratulations to Leah Boucher (Androscoggin: '18 Elementary Education), Shilo Burnham (Waldo: '00, Elementary Education), Kristel Anuszewski (Kennebec: '94, Secondary Education - English), and Becky Hallowell (Lincoln: '94, Early Childhood Education)!

From over 600 nominations, sixteen outstanding Maine teachers were announced as 2024 County Teachers of the Year at a ceremony during Teacher Appreciation Week. Governor Janet Mills, Maine Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin, Educate Maine Executive Director Jason Judd, State Board of Education Chair Fern Desjardins, 2024 Maine Teacher of the Year Joshua Chard, and Maine County and State Teachers of the Year Association Co-President Hillary Bellefleur were in attendance to reveal and acknowledge the recipients. Maine Teacher of the Year and Maine County Teachers of the Year

05/03/2024

04/18/2024

28 students in 3 cohorts completed the ReST (Resilience Skills Training) program. Across four 90-minute sessions each cohort addressed topics such as understanding resilience, connecting to a greater purpose, self-talk, managing time, stress, and energy, and future visualization exercises. Programs like these have been shown to help improve physical and emotional health, strengthen connections, reduce stress, improve academic performance, and help students manage challenges in order to achieve their goals. The hope of the program is to continue to develop the resilience of UMF's pre-service teachers and better prepare them for the workforce. As an added bonus, each participant earned a cord for graduation! The sessions were facilitated by Elyse Pratt-Ronco and was one part of several resilience events this year sponsored by a grant written and implemented by Patty Hrusa Williams.

04/14/2024

One of the CEHR’s central goals is to graduate collaborative professional leaders. So how incredible is it to see so many Education majors on UMF’s Collegiate Leadership Competition team, either as competitors or as mentor coaches!

Congratulations on your outstanding performance in this year’s competition!!

Chris Alves ('25)- Secondary Ed: Social Studies
Tom Brann ('25) - Secondary Ed: Social Studies and Physical Science
August Shorey ('28)- Secondary Ed: Social Studies
Cecelia Landry ('25)- Secondary Ed: English
Everyst Bryant ('27)- Psychology

Mentor Coaches
Austin Marden ('25) Creative Writing and Health Promotion and Wellness
Chloe Allen ('25)- Elementary Education

03/27/2024

Sweatt-Winter is holding its first clothing exchange from May 6-8 and asking for clothing donations from size newborn-10/12. If you have anything that can be donated, you can drop it off at the center anytime between 7-5, Monday-Friday. We appreciate all donations. Please reach out with any questions.

03/06/2024

Put this in your calendar!

03/06/2024

02/12/2024

Congratulations Aaron Beaumont (UMF Early Childhood Education ‘18), selected by the Maine Association for the Education of Young Children as one of "20 Young Teachers to Watch!"

12/22/2023

Thank you to all the crews from near and far who have helped our community get through this weather event. And proud of this campus for doing the little things to support them.

With power restored to 92% of our customers, we want to thank our many community partners, including University of Maine at Farmington and Thomas College, for opening their doors and providing a place for some of our 1,500 crews to rest.

12/15/2023

Amazing collaboration featuring students at Wiscasset Elementary and Elementary Education majors at UMF, fostered by UMF Associate Professor of Literacy Education Kathryn Will and nurtured by UMF alums Kaden Pendleton ('21 Elementary Education) and Becky Hallowell ('94 Early Childhood Education)! These experiences are invaluable for all involved!

https://lcnme.com/currentnews/wiscasset-book-buddy-program-receives-recognition-at-national-conference/?fbclid=IwAR3WjxhYSadZggxmky4lYU27sdbIbsJNNMo5mmF6hbqGZHP6Jr8Qi8HgqpQ

Two teachers from Wiscasset Elementary School attended a national conference to showcase the school’s Book Buddy program, a partnership with students from the University of Maine at Farmington.