Teachers
A good teacher is like a candle – it consumes itself to light the way for others.’ —Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Welcome Teachers!
Extended Learning Opportunities, or ELOs, are learning experiences that happen outside of the traditional classroom. They provide limitless options to deeply explore fields of study and career paths that students are passionate about.
How can we support you?
Connections to the Classroom
Additional Ways to Connect
Resources/Partners
JMG serves more than 12,000 students with programs in all 16 Maine counties
JMG partners with public education and private businesses to offer results driven solutions and a continuum of support to ensure all Maine students graduate, attain post-secondary credentials, and pursue meaningful careers.
The BeyondClassroom site is currently maintained by Keene State College as a continuation of our work with the Next Steps NH project.
This website was originally developed by the Monadnock Center for Successful Transitions (MCST) at their Keene State College site, in collaboration with the Q.E.D. Foundation and an advisory group of educators from around New Hampshire. Support was provided by a Medicaid Infrastructure Grant. Project partners included:
Junior Achievement of Maine provides learning experiences which align with national and state standards. JA’s curriculum is proven to increase students’ knowledge of topics related to personal finance, work and career-readiness, and entrepreneurship. Our age-appropriate programs are designed for students in grades K through 12.
What We Do
Create, consolidate, and coordinate new and existing outreach programs that have a significant impact on the STEM pipeline, on STEM teaching and learning in GK-16, on GK-12 STEM outreach, and on STEM Education Research. This Center focuses on solidifying Northeastern University’s role as a major contributor to the improvement of K-16 Education in Boston and the state of Massachusetts. Please take a look at our Programs Timeline for a look at what we do.
Our vision is to instill a sense of understanding, responsibility, and compassion for our natural world leading to a society connected to nature and empowered to take action, and we do this through conservation medicine, environmental education, community empowerment, and advocacy.
We are dedicated to the resilience of the Gulf of Maine ecosystem and the communities that depend on it. We support solutions that will broadly benefit the bioregion and its diverse communities over generations to come.
The Maine Space Grant Consortium supports education and research programs for higher education faculty, K-12 teachers and informal educators. Our goal is to:
Increase participation of Maine K-12 teachers and high school students in STEM activities through professional development activities for in-service and pre-service educators, curriculum development, teacher workshops and student based programs