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 Read Across America Incentive Grants to support local associations in planning and preparing for reading celebrations. These grants, amounting to $50 each, are intended to honor and assist members in their educational endeavors. Eligibility for these grants is limited to activities sponsored by local associations, with applications required to be submitted by the local association President. The grants are awarded based on a first-come, first-served principle, emphasizing the importance of early application submission.