ANNUAL REPORT

2015-2016

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MAEA President’s Report A Message from President Razell Ward MAEA is celebrating over 50 years of service to Adult Education this year, supporting Maine Adult Education programs through professional development programming, support services, and our online access with the MAEA portal that allows easy registration and web pages that lend a state wide presence to the incredible offerings in academic and enrichment courses across our great state. As a board, we are very proud of these accomplishments and services.

This past year has been one of tremendous focus and upward movement in MAEA as collectively the board and committee members created a strategic plan that focuses on 5 distinct areas – Technology and Data, Membership Services, Professional Development, Advocacy and Communication and Corrections. The strategic plan was designed to support our members as we grow in professionalism and increase advocacy efforts to educate communities on the value of Adult Education.

Committee members have been working incredibly hard this year on many initiatives to reach the goals they set at the start of the year; committees have surpassed those goals. What started as a ‘dream big’ planning day, has evolved into a focused, organized strategic plan to support every program across the state. I applaud their investments of time and expertise on behalf of all MAEA members and especially our Executive Director, Shirley Wright, whose thoughtful guidance and hard work has touched every facet of MAEA .

A few highlights of this year’s work include data collection on topics relating to diploma credit requirements, alliance membership, a statewide ‘birds eye view’ of the coverage area across the state of adult education programming, professional development needs, and an effort to increase membership services and benefits. We are still actively creating a marketing template for members with the capability to plug in data for use at local presentations as well as for media releases. Almost at the completion stage is a presentation for the regional Superintendent’s Associations outlining the basics of Adult Education, funding, initiatives, and data. This information will allow quick access for legislative activists to get this information to the appropriate representatives. Templates for job descriptions for the director, teachers and staff, with associated job responsibilities, are in process.

I would be remiss if I did not mention our affiliation with COABE, and our representation of the great State of Maine through Tom Nash, our national COABE president. Tom and the COABE team have worked tirelessly to spotlight the efforts of Adult Education across the nation with legislators and funders.. We are so fortunate to be able to engage with an organization that has such a far-reaching impact, an organization we can learn from as we grow MAEA.

All of these efforts are for you, the Adult Education practitioner. As we look forward to our work with our WIOA partners and our communities, designed to support the goal of our students, it is vital we bring with us our collective vision and voice! Consider becoming a part of the MAEA action by volunteering!

This year’s MAEA Conference will be held at the University of Maine at Farmington. As always, this is the premier place for Maine adult educators to learn and connect. Sincerely, Razell Ward MAEA President MSAD 52 Adult Education Director MAEA Board Members – 2015-2016 (Term Expires)

President: Razell Ward (2017) Director, MSAD 52 Adult and Community Education 486 Turner Center Road Turner, ME 04282 [email protected] 207-225-1010

President-Elect: Nancy Allen, Director, Region 9 Adult Education Learning Center (2018) 377 River Road Mexico, ME 04257 [email protected] 207-364-2012

Past-President: Thelma Regan (2016) Director Piscataquis Valley AE Collaborative 50 Mayo Street, Dover Foxcroft, ME 04426 [email protected] 207-564-6525

Treasurer: Allen Lampert (2017) Director, Sanford Community Adult Education 21 Bradeen Street, Springvale ME 04083 [email protected] 207-490-5145

Secretary: Executive Director fills function of Board Secretary.

2015-16 Elected Board Members:

Lisa Robertson, Director York Adult and Community Education (2016) 1 Robert Stevens Drive York, ME 03909 [email protected] 207-363-7922

Greg Leavitt, Director, Bangor Adult and Community Education (2016) 885 Broadway Bangor, ME 04401 [email protected] 207-992-5522

Suzanne Nowinski, Director RSU 19 Adult Education (2016) 266 Williams Road Newport, ME 04953 [email protected] 207-368-3290

Lorraine Robida, Director Marshwood and Kittery (2017) 260 Dow Highway, Route 236 South Berwick, Maine 03908 [email protected] 207-384-5703

Ann Sargent Slayton, Director, Ellsworth Adult Education (2017) 248 State Street, Suite 15 Ellsworth, ME 04605 [email protected] 207-664-7110

Appointed Members (2015-2016)

Zane Clement, Director Augusta Adult Education (2016) 33A Union Street, Augusta, ME 04330 [email protected] 207-626-2470

Jenny Rose, Director, RSU #16 Adult Education (2016) P.O. Box 129, Mechanic Falls, ME 04256 [email protected] 207-345-3217

Ray Therrien, Director Mt. Blue Adult Education (2016) 108 Fairbanks Road, Farmington ME 04938 [email protected] 207-778-3460

Bill Grant (2016) Director, Auburn Adult Education 77 Harris Street, Auburn, ME 04240 [email protected] 207-333-6661

Brenda Gagne, Director, Noble Adult Education (2016) 388 Somersworth Rd, North Berwick ME 03906 [email protected] 207-676-3223

Marcia Cook, Director, Monmouth/Winthrop Adult Education (2016) 39A Highland Avenue Winthrop, ME 04364 [email protected] 207-377-2265

Ex Officio: Gail Senese, Maine Department of Education 23 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333 [email protected] 207-624-6755

Staff Shirley Wright, Executive Director 841 North Road Dover Foxcroft, ME 04426 [email protected] 207-564-3630 (office) 207-343-2157 (cell)

Action Team Chairs 2015-16:

Awards: Jenny Rose Advocacy and Communication: Razell Ward and Bill Grant Conference 2016: Nancy Allen Corrections: Ray Therrien Elections: Nancy Allen Finance: Allen Lampert Hall of Flags & Legislative: Zane Clement Membership: Jenny Rose and Lorraine Robida Professional Development and Conference: Suzanne Nowinski and Nancy Allen Scholarships: Greg Leavitt Technology and Data: Lisa Robertson MAEA Strategic Plan 2015-2016 Updated May 10, 2016

Goal: Develop a system of communication (both internal and external) for Adult Education on a statewide, strategically planned basis that is aligned with the mission and vision of the Maine Adult Education Association so that programs can provide the best possible services to adults in Maine. Support 5 major committees to get the work done: 1. Advocacy and Communication 2. Professional Development 3. Technology and Data 4. Membership Services 5. Corrections Objectives: ● Communicate quickly and effectively across the state when/as needed. ● Raise the status of Adult Education in Maine. ● Recruit, help train, and support new directors. ● Use data to support needed changes in the field of Adult Education ● Provide the best quality AE programs across the state to enhance the lives and careers of all adult learners. ***The first time each committee meets, be sure to review the action steps and timeline. Make sure the steps make sense. Clarify any of the action process so that they committee has a clear understanding of the work to do. Then, set a timeline to hold the committee accountable. Next, check the outcomes for the committee. Do they make sense? Do outcomes need to be added or removed? Note this. Once this plan has been reviewed and edited, it should be used as a guide for the year. Committees should take minutes at each meeting and these can be posted on the MAEA website. Action Area Completion Date Person Responsible Advocacy and Communication - Alliances 1. Develop alliance checklist to contain March 2016 Lorraine Robida information committee wants to know about Programs were Shirley Wright alliances. (Where, Who, What, When, How) asked about 2. Discover how many adult education their alliances programs belong and how many do not belong via survey. See to an alliance and why. results. 3. Hold Strategy Meeting to discuss results Need to hold Advocacy of findings and invite at least one representative meeting (2016- Committee from each alliance to attend. 2017) 4. Develop Model Alliance Checklist that To do next outlines all necessary areas of a healthy school year. alliance. 5. Develop communication route for In process; Advocacy alliances across state so that information can be Alliances have Committee shared quickly and effectively. been identified 6. Develop plan to monitor alliances, collect and the status of yearly contact information. the groups 7. Develop plan to share information (active or not) between alliances (i.e. meet twice yearly) 8. Develop future plan for this work and a way to evaluate its success. Advocacy and Communication - Internal Communication 1. Develop list of internal partners with This work was whom MAEA would like to have consistent not completed communication. this year. 2. Develop list of what information needs to be shared with each internal partner and a timeline for sharing that information. 3. Set up work groups to develop packets of information and timeline to share information for each partner identified. (i.e. yearly letter to directors, yearly letter to teachers.) 4. Develop a marketing packet for programs to use that includes materials across several areas including work with other agencies and businesses.) Advocacy and Communication - External Communication 1. Develop list of external partners with Subcommittee Bill Grant whom MAEA would like to have consistent decided to target Thelma Regan communication. superintendents Pat Hughes 2. Develop list of information of what needs first. They are in Razell Ward to be shared and when it should be shared with the process of Shirley Wright each external partner. developing a 3. Set up work groups to develop PPT to be taken information to be shared with external partners to all 9 and set timeline for dissemination. superintendent’s 4. DRAFT letter to superintendents and regions in the school boards to be sent before September 30, Fall of 2016 2015. (Letter will relay MAEA’s mission and TBD Advocacy 2016- vision and the importance of supporting a Work continues; 2017 healthy AE program.) Regional data requested from state (Kelley) to be used in PPT Advocacy and Communication – Legislative 1. Set time for Bob Howe to update the Completed MAEA Board on his work over the past year and Bob will attend his intended work for MAEA over the upcoming the MAEA year. (Date has been set for Nov. 6.) meeting in June 2. Set calendar for legislative information for a final report. that will be sent to the field and timeline. (Possibly develop a “legislative” page on the Legislative Shirley Wright website that is kept up to date. updates are sent 3. Develop process to inform the field (in to the board the event that there is a need regarding pending weekly. legislation) to react quickly and efficiently. #3 is not done. The group wants an advocacy listserv. Shirley will develop this over the summer.

Outcomes for the Advocacy and Communication Committee ● Alliances will be streamlined across the state and the current list will be updated. ● A timeline for alliance updates and work will be posted on the website. Any meetings of alliance representatives and MAEA will be well attended. ● A model alliance plan will be developed and shared with all partners. ● A list of internal partners in Adult Education will be developed along with a timeline and a plan to share information on a regular basis. ● A list of external partners to Adult Education will be developed along with a timeline and a plan to share information on a regular basis. ● A letter to superintendents and school boards will be available by Sept 30, 2015 that outlines MAEA’s mission, vision and that describes the importance of supporting a health AE program in each community.

Technology and Data - Data 1. Create list of questions that committee October 2015 Full Committee would like to know the answer to, regarding AE data. November 2015 2. Survey field for additional questions. 3. Create list of data needed to answer Data has been Advocacy question #1 above and to also research the supplied by Committee impact of AE over the past five years. Kelley Heath 4. Collect data or make a list of data that (statewide) does not exist. (Data mentioned was 16-20 funds per program, AE graduates, Hi-Set data, Data to be Portal data) collected - 5. Meet with state team to discuss data Regional Data in gaps. superintendent’s 6. DATA STUDY – What does the data regions. Kelley support in terms of needed legislation for AE? will try to have 7. What does the data NOT support in this data by July terms of legislation the committee feels might be 2016. needed? 8. Develop plan to bridge data gaps. #5 - #9 are not (Involve Advocacy and Communication complete, Committee.) although a first 9. Meet with MDOE to develop a draft Fact look at data was Sheet (as soon as gaps in data can be released by the resolved.) Commissioner.

Outcomes for the Technology and Data Committee ● Data will be collected and used to support necessary legislation for AE as needed. If needed, one piece of legislation will be drafted during the fall of 2016. (Advocacy and Communications Committee will be involved.) ● Data gaps for supporting legislation will be identified and a plan to correct those gaps will be presented to MDOE. ● A new, revised Fact Sheet will be developed and made ready to use.

Membership Services - Membership 1. Collect list of current MAEA members. Complete Lorraine Robida 2. Compare membership list to alliance list. Complete Note any gaps. 3. Review current formula for calculating Complete Jenny Rose and program memberships to MAEA. Membership 4. Develop list of benefits of being a MAEA Complete Committee member currently. (Secure site? Group membership benefits? More benefits for program members than other institutions? LERN membership reduction offered to MAEA members only? COABE membership offered to MAEA members only?) 5. Develop list of benefits of being a MAEA Complete Razell Ward - member in the future, noting needed additions or sent to members changes. via membership 6. Review current membership fee Complete letter with MAEA structure. bills 7. Review other types of membership Ongoing Membership offered. Comm. work for 8. Suggest changes in fee structure and / or Complete 2016-2017 in membership structure. 9. Develop plan to expand membership. Ongoing Outcomes for Membership Services Committee ● Membership fee structure and benefits of becoming a MAEA member will be determined to encourage all programs to be a MAEA member and new members will be recruited. ● A secure site for MAEA members and possibly MAEA Board members will be developed and used. ● A plan for recruiting new members to MAEA will be developed.

Full Board Work: Mission / Vision / By-Laws Needs to be Full Board 1. Review all and suggest changes needed done during to support the work listed above. 2016-2017 year Outcomes for Full Board Work ● Mission/Vision/ and By-Laws for MAEA will be updated to support the work of MAEA described in this goal plan.

Professional Development - Mentors for New Directors 1. Using work of Alliance work plan above, This work was develop a mentorship process for new Adult not completed Education Directors. this year. 2. Check in with MDOE on process. (Could new directors receive CEH’s for time spent with mentor?) 3. Secure buy-in and set responsibilities for mentor process. Professional Development – Sample Job Descriptions 1. Collect sample job descriptions for There are some Shirley Wright Director. sample job 2. Develop model job description to share descriptions on with all programs. the website - director only. Others need to be collected

Model job Suzanne descriptions will Nowinski not be developed. Instead, the committee decided to collect multiple ones from programs to share.

Professional Development – Needs Assessment 1. Conduct a needs assessment across the Completed Suzanne AE field to determine each program’s needs for Nowinski PD. (Use CP plans if possible to inform needs assessment.) 2. Meet with MDOE to interpret needs Meeting has not assessment and sort mandatory training from taken place yet other training needed. although Abby 3. Decide MAEA’s focus for PD (not to Manahan from overlap MDOE) for the upcoming year. MDOE has been participating in the PD Committee meetings and offerings have been more streamlined. Professional Development – MAEA Conference* (Separate or Subcommittee?) 1. Select conference chair and set meetings Complete Nancy Allen for conference planning. 2. See Conference Planning Checklist. Complete 3. Use needs assessment to plan Complete conference. 4. Set main conference parameters and set Complete deadlines for all information return to the committee. Professional Development – Directors 1. Decide which training is most critical for Data is directors and offer that as needed. available for this 2. Offer training to directors on how to read work from the district subsidy report (they can be found online) program survey and how to negotiate with superintendents and that was done school boards regarding 16-20 money. during the ASPIRE grant process and will be shared with the board. Professional Development – Recruitment 1. Recruit committee members from across Not completed the field of AE and beyond. Outcomes for the Professional Development Committee ● A model AE Director job description will be shared with all programs. ● A mentor process will be established for new directors. ● Explicit training will be offered for directors to help them meet the needs of the current climate in AE. (For example, all should be able to read a subsidy report to be able to learn more about 16-20 year old funds.) ● CP plans will be used as part of a needs assessment for PD across the field of AE. ● Complete needs assessment will be used to plan all training from MAEA, including the Annual Conference. ● The professional development committee will have other members – teacher, secretary, etc. ● Annual Summer Conference will be held and will be successful (as shown by evaluations.)

Corrections – See Annual Report

Evaluation: A plan for evaluation of all processes/committees will be in place by June 2017.

ACTION TEAM REPORTS

Awards 2015-2016, presented at University of Maine, Farmington, June 2016, Jenny Rose, Chair Awards will be presented in the following categories: LeVasseur, Director, Teachers, Special Recognition, Support Staff at the Awards Luncheon on June 22nd.

Advocacy and Communication: Razell Ward and Bill Grant The Advocacy Committee was very busy this year. The committee would like to see more people understand what adult education has to offer. A subcommittee was formed for this committee and this group worked specifically on a PowerPoint presentation that will be used to present to all nine superintendent regions in the fall. Working on this presentation are Bill Grant (chair), Razell Ward, Thelma Regan, Pat Hughes, and Shirley Wright. Conference 2016: Nancy Allen Conference planning was underway last fall, as Nancy Allen took the lead role as president-elect of MAEA. Nancy assembled a team to plan the conference and the venue of UMF was chosen. This year’s conference promises to be a wonderful opportunity for all involved.

Corrections: Ray Therrien The MAEA Corrections Education Committee has been meeting almost monthly since its beginning . We convened a committee made up of Adult Education educators, and State and County corrections personnel. The MAEA Corrections Education committee has :  Established four goals and numerous objectives.

 Created a Corrections Committee page on MAEA’s home page.

 Developed an electronic Corrections Directory.

 Presented a state wide Corrections forum to initiate dialog and input from the field.

 Conducted a Reflection/evaluation survey for the field

 Presence at the Hall of Flags

 Presented at the last MAEA conference and will present conference two Corrections sessions at the MAEA conference this June.

 A plan is being developed to develop sustainability of resources and personnel.

Elections: Nancy Allen A new slate of officers will be presented by June 1, 2016. Members of the nominating committee are Nancy Allen, Thelma Regan, and Razell Ward

Finance: Allen Lampert Allen Lampert (Director at Sanford Community Adult Education) served as Treasurer for MAEA for the 2015-16 year. Over the past year, Allen and Shirley Wright (Executive Director) worked diligently to continue to reorganize MAEA’s investment portfolio accounts working with Morgan Stanley who now manages all investment and operating accounts on MAEA’s behalf. . Progress continues to be made to organize budget operations for MAEA towards a process that more accurately records and tracks all expenditures and revenues. Furthermore, steps were taken to reorganize specific operating expenditures into individual operating categories to more accurately track MAEA expenditures. All this work will ensure more accurate planning for future budgets. Allen and Shirley have been working to design a budget that reflects grant and other budget activities in more detail.

In support of these activities, MAEA will be switching accounting firms for the 2016-17 year. Gwen Bedell (CPA) will be handling MAEA finances in the new year. MAEA wants to thank Rich Mooney for all his hard work supporting MAEA as our accountant all these years.

Finally, it continues to be the goal of the Finance Team to create and sustain a budget where the final outcome is break-even for MAEA. In the past, budgets have often drawn on investment interest to balance the year-end books. By carefully examining each spending category and reorganizing specific budget lines, coupled with careful planning of all revenues, it is hoped MAEA can continue to create a fully balanced budget moving forward.

Hall of Flags & Legislative: Zane Clement This year was a quiet year, legislatively. Howe and Company watched several bills that might have impacted Adult Education but none made it to the floor of the legislature. In the future, MAEA may need to step up and sponsor legislation to keep funding intact for College Transitions. Many are also talking about remedial courses at the college level. MAEA has been present at these meetings, making sure the legislature knows that Adult Education is the most cost effective and productive way for adults to get ready for college.

Membership: Jenny Rose and Lorraine Robida The Membership Committee was comprised of Jenny Rose, Lorraine Robida, Shirley Wright, Razell Ward, Thelma Regan, and Brenda Gagne. A mission statement was adopted to define and focus the group’s activities: “The Mission of the Membership Committee is to develop new and innovative ways to attract new members, as well as, retain current membership.” Toward that end the group focused its efforts on three areas: dues, benefits and participation.

After reviewing the history of MAEA membership dues, alternative approaches, and changes in the adult education landscape, the committee recommended a formula and process for ‘right sizing’ dues. Basically, dues was calculated exactly the same way but increases were imposed at the bottom level and top level of the dues structure. The group did recalculate dues based on subsidy and local share for the 2014 school year, which was the most current data available. The MAEA board voted to implement all recommendations.

Existing MAEA membership benefits were identified, new benefits were brainstormed, and a survey was distributed to the field. At this writing, final details are being added to recommendations for the MAEA Board. Recommendations include a list of membership benefits; levels/tiers of benefits in which adult education programs receive access to all benefits, while others receive benefits reflective of their role in adult education; and how the MAEA website can house some of the benefits using a secure log-in. Program participation in alliances and MAEA was explored. Chart and visual formats identifying adult education programs, alliances, MAEA enrollment and superintendent regions were created. Data indications include: most programs are members of MAEA and their local alliance; more adult education programs have closed, merged or share directors; there is a need for outreach, especially to new directors; and 30% of the alliances do not meet regularly. This information has multiple implications for the advocacy, support, and growth of individual, county, regional and statewide programming.

Professional Development : Suzanne Nowinski The professional development committee had a busy year. Their first project was to do a survey of the field regarding PD needs across the state. When the results of this survey were in, the committee passed along the information to the conference committee (which is a sub- committee of the PD committee) and the results were used to plan workshops for the conference this year. The group also met with MDOE to ask for more coordinated PD planning and notification to the field. The state responded quickly and favorably and this fall will have a PD calendar for programs that sets up PD well in advance of the actual workshop date. The committee would like to thank the MDOE team for their work on this project.

Scholarships: Greg Leavitt Scholarships of $500 each for two students will be awarded at the MAEA Conference on June 22 at University of Maine, Farmington. Scholarships of $750 each for two teachers will also be awarded at the conference.

Technology and Data: Lisa Robertson Technology and Data Committee focused on three major goals this year: Portal, Communication, and Data.

Portal: This year started with the committee reviewing RFP’s from several webdesign companies bidding on hosting the MAEA Portal. By November, interviews and negotiations were completed and RainStorm Consulting won the bid for the portal with a new three-year contract. Details of this contract were sent to all programs last fall.

Items that are new to the portal this year are: - Designating online and distance learning courses for easier searching - Redesigned student login - Waiting lists - Custom questions for registration - Refresh of the admin area - Automatic instructor emails

RainStorm has created a Partner page section and button that is all ready and set to go whenever MAEA is ready to include partners on the portal.

Lisa Robertson continued as the Committee/RainStorm liason in order to keep the field abreast of changes and to request particular needs to RainStorm. One item requested has been the ability to have the Portal communicate with MaineSTARS. This will not be happening due to the sensitive data housed in MaineSTARS; the State has said that individual student data is not allowed to travel between the two systems.

Portal Statistics for 2015-2016 are as follows: July 1st, 2015 to May 11, 2016: Total Transactions: $1,139,172 Total CC Transactions: $1,026,332 Total Registrations: 23,312 Total students: 17,193 Average registration / student: 1.36 Average registration transaction: $48.87

YOY % change Total transactions: 23% increase CC transactions: 18% increase Registrations: 17% increase Students: 16% increase

Communication: Shirley and Lisa began the creation of a MAEA listserve through Wordpress. The purpose of the MAEA listserve is to have timely communication to the field and also to have a place for advocacy of a political nature (since the state Adult Ed listserve is specifically prohibited in that area.) The listserve will be a free hosted, self-subscribing, moderated, daily feed.

Data: The committee was asked to continue with data collection, be the clearinghouse for data, and share how to use data to support adult ed programs, new initiatives and advocacy.

The committee’s data goals: - Data for advocacy - Data for understanding your program - Data for program improvement

To this end, the committee did a gap analysis on currently accessable data, culled a wish list of data down to reality/practicality, and collected more data through several surveys to the field. Surveys included information on salaries, programs offered, technology used, and diploma requirements.

Kelley Heath created a state data snapshot and is sharing it with the advocacy committee in order to put together a rack card for programs to use locally. The committee is also working on creating a new staff guide (how to get data you want).

Thank yous and kudos go out the committee members: Kelley Heath, Abby Manahan, Suzanne Nowinski, Thelma Regan, Lisa Robertson, Jenny Rose, Razell Ward, Shirley Wright

Executive Director’s Report, Shirley Wright The Maine Adult Education Association employs an Executive Director for an average of 20hr/week and it is wonderful to have the opportunity to support our field and Maine’s adult learners in this position. During 2015-16, I have attended meetings of the Board and subcommittees and provided staff support to Board committees and ad hoc groups. This has been a busy year with a very detailed Strategic Plan to guide our work. Committees have been very active and very busy all year.

During the year, directors completed a survey that was packed with information about programs. Information gathered was used to write a letter of partnership to agencies who applied for the ASPIRE grant. This was a huge effort and I am thankful that all of you in programs were so supportive and quick to send in data. All of the information gathered can be found on the website.

This year, MAEA added two pages on the association’s website that are password protected. We will continue to add information that will be available to MAEA members only. Currently, there is a secure site for MAEA board members to review monthly information and work in draft. There is also a secure site for directors that contains the salary survey, job descriptions, and other information pertinent to the field.

The association website can be found at association.maineadulted.org . This site has been updated over the year and should be easier to find an use. There is a lot of information up there and all in the field are encouraged to visit the page often for updates and information.

It was a busy year and I loved every minute of it. Adult Education is the place to be!

Maine Adult Educators Association (1965-1967) Maine Association for Public School Adult Education (1967-1990) Maine Adult Education Association (1990-present)

Years of Service President Location 1965-1967 Dick Mayo* Bangor 1967-1969 Jim Flanagan* Portland 1969-1970 Bob Curran Camden 1970-1971 Gerry LeVasseur Van Buren 1971-1972 Len McGinnis Waterville 1972-1973 Duke Martin Presque Isle 1973-1974 John Simpson Biddeford 1974-1975 Clayton Blood Searsport 1975-1976 Jack Webb Sanford 1976-1979 Doug McGowan* Presque Isle 1979-1981 Gaille Heseltine* Portland 1981-1982 Ray Bussiere Bangor 1982-1983 Ervin MacDonald Houlton Loren Ritchie Sherman Station 1983-1984 Paul Dulac(resigned) Gardiner Patrick O’Reagan Augusta 1984-1985 Dick Madore Bangor 1985-1986 Sharon Martin Westbrook 1986-1987 Dick Madore Bangor 1987-1988 Don Berry Belfast & DECS 1988-1989 Cathy Newell Bethel 1989-1990 Anne Niemiec Lewiston 1990-1991 Conrad Walton Caribou 1991-1992 Andy McMahan Fairfield 1992-1993 John Forester Augusta 1993-1994 Larinda Meade Portland 1994-1995 Janet Kalman Sanford 1995-1996 Lin Hallowell Waterville 1996-1997 Becky Dyer Biddeford 1997-1998 Anne Kemper Lewiston 1998-1999 Diann Bailey Gardiner 1999-2000 Diana McCain Bath 2000-2001 Tom Nash Sanford 2001-2002 Judy Green South Paris 2002-2003 Rob Wood Portland 2003-2004 Barbara Goodwin Waterboro 2004-2005 Gail Senese Portland 2005-2006 Patte Bowman Skowhegan 2006-2007 Otis Smith Houlton 2007-2008 Kathi Medcalf Sanford 2008-2009 Suzanne Rojas Newport 2009-2010 Zane Clement Bridgton 2010-2011 Rob Wood Portland 2011-2012 Carrie Castonguay Bridgton 2012-2013 Tim Dresser Camden 2013-2014 Bill Grant Auburn 2014-2015 Thelma Regan PVAEC – Dover Foxcroft

2015-2016 Razell Ward RSU 52 MAEA Members 2015-2016 Biddeford Fort Fairfield Bucksport RSU 25 Freeport Institutional Program Caribou (Eastern Aroostook) Gorham Ashland MSAD 32 Readfield RSU 38 Kittery Auburn Camden(Five Towns) CSD 19 Lewiston Augusta RSU 24 – Sullivan Madawaska (Frenchville) Bangor Ellsworth Presque Isle MSAD 1 Bath RSU 1 Mt. Desert CSD 7 Gardiner RSU 11 Gray MSAD 15 Vinalhaven MSAD 8 Windham MSAD 17 & Buckfield Farmington Mt. Blue RSD Winthrop(Monmouth) Van Buren MSAD 24 Old Orchard Beach/Saco York Stacyville RSU 50 Harrington MSAD 37 Fort Kent MSAD 27 Mars Hill MSAD 42 Houlton (Hodgdon) MSAD Lisbon Falls 29/70 Deer Isle Stonington Unity/Mt.View RSU 3 Belfast/Searsport RSU 20 Portland Institutional Partners Eliot MSAD 35 RSU 2 Richmond Axiom Technology RSU 73 Jay/Livermore Falls Sanford Maine Adult Corrections Waldoboro MSAD 40 Scarborough Education Bethel MSAD 44 South Portland DOE Adult Education Team Newport RSU 19 Machias Union 102 Learning Works Lawrence MSAD 49 Fairfield Baileyville Union 107 New Ventures Maine Rockland RSU 13 Mechanic Falls RSU16 FAME Maine Cumberland MSAD 51 Rangeley Union 37 Turner MSAD 52 Sabattus Union 44 Individual Members Pittsfield MSAD 53 Whitefield SVRSU 12 Patrick O'Regan Skowhegan MSAD 54 Greenville Union 60 Anne Niemiec Hiram MSAD 55 Damariscotta Central Lincoln Larinda Meade Waterboro MSAD 57 Co. Judy Green Kingfield MSAD 58 Hamden/Orono RSU 26 Becky Dyer North Berwick MSAD 60 CTE Region 2 - Houlton Ingrid Baily Bridgton MSAD 61/72 Midcoast School of Cathy Newell Lincoln MSAD 67 Technology Rob Wood Piscatiquis Valley United Technology Center Collaborative CTE Reg. 9(Rumford/Mexico) Kennebunk & Arundel RSU 21 Mid Maine – Waterville Area Topsham(Brunswick) MSAD Wells-Ogunquit 75 Westbrook