#LoveTeaching: Celebrating Maine teachers and school staff for all they do
At NEWS CENTER Maine, we’re celebrating and honoring school staff and teachers by sharing their stories and highlighting their inspiring efforts amid the pandemic
Educators have always been local heroes. They inspire, lead, and of course, teach. And while the coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll, logistically and mentally, on all of us, teachers and school staff have shined despite incredible obstacles.
At NEWS CENTER Maine, we’re celebrating and honoring school staff and teachers by teaming up with the Maine Department of Education to share their stories and highlight their inspiring efforts to keep Maine kids learning in the face of a pandemic.
Valentine’s Day kicks of #LoveTeaching week, a grassroots campaign started in 2015 by teachers to celebrate teaching, leading, and learning in a way that unites and invigorates educators. But amid the pandemic, we thought just one week wasn’t enough, so we expanded the idea to create #LoveSchoolStaff week for the previous week, Feb. 7-13.
Send us pictures and videos to share what they mean to you and your kids by:
- Sharing them using the Near ME tool of our mobile app
- Texting us at 207-828-6622
- Posting them on social media and using the hashtag #LoveTeaching
Your video could make it online or on TV. We ask that your please shoot your videos horizontally.
In a year when it’s needed more than ever, join us in saying thank you to the amazing educators of Maine.
Stay tuned throughout the week for more stories.
#LOVETEACHING VIDEO PLAYLIST
#LoveSchoolStaff Week Feb. 7-13
Each day throughout #LoveSchoolStaff week, we highlighted school staff members from around the state, and the following week, #LoveTeachers week, we will focus on teachers.
We kicked off #LoveSchoolStaff week on Sunday by honoring the lead custodian at Belgrade Central School, Dan Wilson.
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We also featured Leonard Middle School's Tracey O'Connell, who was recently awarded the first-ever lifetime achievement award from the Maine School Counselors Association.
#LoveSchoolStaff: Your special shoutouts
Check out these heartwarming stories:
Maine Gov. Janet Mills and Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah shared this message of thanks to teachers on Friday:
#LoveTeaching Week Feb. 14-20
Valentine’s Day kicks of #LoveTeaching week, a grassroots campaign started in 2015 by teachers to celebrate teaching, leading, and learning in a way that unites and invigorates educators.
Who better to kick it off with than Maine's Teacher of the Year, Cindy Soule.
The Maine Department of Education said Soule has an innate ability to create a learning community that disrupts the opportunity gap. For 20 of her 21 years of teaching, she has been committed to one of Maine’s most diverse schools, the Gerald E. Talbot Community School (formerly Riverton Elementary School) in Portland.
We also want to give families around the state the chance to tell us about people who work in their schools and why they are important to them.
Send us pictures and videos to share what they mean to you and your kids by:
- Sharing them using the Near ME tool of our mobile app
- Texting us at 207-828-6622
- Posting them on social media and using the hashtag #LoveTeaching
Your video could make it online or on TV. We ask that your please shoot your videos horizontally.