The Maine Education Association (MEA) is committed to ensuring that professional educators' voices, values, and priorities are heard and respected. It aims to guarantee every Maine student access to an outstanding education by advocating for better pay, benefits, and working conditions for its members, standing up for, supporting, and empowering educators in and outside the classroom, ensuring equity, preventing discrimination and prejudice, and advancing great public schools for all educators and students across the state.
The MEA offers awards and grants to honor and support the work of its members, with a significant focus on the Award for Teaching Excellence. This accolade aims to recognize, reward, and promote excellence in teaching and advocacy for the education profession. The award encourages nominees who exhibit instructional expertise, creativity, active involvement in professional associations, attention to diversity in educational settings, community engagement, and leadership in professional development. The winner of this award represents Maine at the NEA Foundation’s gala event in Washington, DC, receiving $1,000 and the potential to win further accolades, including the Horace Mann Awards for Teaching Excellence and the NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence, with prizes up to $25,000.
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