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Friday, December 11
 

10:00am EST

Fostering Student Growth and Collective Teacher Efficacy Through Strategic Staffing Models
Friday December 11, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EST
In a full scale redesign on instructional leadership K-12, MSAD 11 partnered with Great Schools Partnership and Public Impact to actively shift the adult learning culture, redefine collaborative practice, and achieve our intended community-developed mission. After an extensive planning phase, including stakeholder engagement, strategic budgeting, and reallocation of staff, we are seeing promising gains. Collective efficacy is no longer a catch phrase, but a reality. We'll share the formal avenues and structures for transformational instructional leadership we've implemented and the results we are seeing, including reduced burden on staff, increased creativity and stronger community connections across our system.
Speakers
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Angela Hardy

Director of Curriculum/Assistant Superintendent, MSAD 11/RSU 11
Angela Hardy is the Assistant Superintendent and Director of Curriculum in MSAD #11.  Over the last eight years, she has co-led the district in adopting a strategic plan with significant community engagement. The result built a roadmap for continuous improvement that situated student... Read More →
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Freda Keyser

Elementary Teacher and Multi-Classroom Leader, MSAD 11/RSU 11
Freda Keyser is a third grade teacher and multi-classroom leader at River View Community School, a grades 3-5 school in MSAD 11. Freda exudes positive energy, builds authentic collaborative relationships, and fully believes that every child can and will learn. While she holds roles... Read More →
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Michelle Milstein

Senior Associate, Great Schools Partnership
Michelle is a Senior Associate with Great Schools Partnership and began her career as an English, ELL, and Spanish teacher. She has worked as a teacher, mentor, and leader in school systems across the country, including Hawaii, California, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.Her... Read More →
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Angela Smith

Secondary Math Team Leader and Teacher, MSAD 11/RSU 11
Angela Smith is a secondary math teacher, grade 8 team leader, and the co-chair of our professional recertification committee in MSAD 11. Angela is a passionate, committed teacher and colleague - connecting people to each other and community. In her first year as an instructional... Read More →
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Jessica Struhs

Consulting Manager, Public Impact
Jessica Struhs is a consulting manager with Public Impact®, focusing primarily on assisting schools and districts with Opportunity Culture® design and implementation to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams. Her work supports districts as they create a career... Read More →
Friday December 11, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EST
  Breakout Session

10:00am EST

From Classroom to Community: How ASPIRE Gorham Builds Authentic Learning Through Radical Partnership
Friday December 11, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EST
What happens when a school district removes the walls between learning and the real world, and hands students the map? ASPIRE Gorham is a preK–12 learning initiative built entirely on the belief that the most powerful education happens when the classroom and community intersect. ASPIRE Gorham integrates career exposure, exploration, and experiences into every classroom, for every student. As part of Aspire 2.0, intentional play-based education prek to grade 2 is setting the foundation, while over 200 high school students are choosing to do ELOs, with some earning college or even core content credits.
Speakers
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Kelli Deveaux

Career Aspirations and Community Coordinator, Gorham School Department
A veteran Maine educator, former Associate Commissioner for Public Education Kelli Deveaux went from supporting the work of Maine DOE's ELO implementation Team to stepping into the role of districtwide coordinator for prek-12 career aspirations in her home community. She is a lifelong... Read More →
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Heather Perry

Superintendent, Gorham School Department

Heather J. Perry is Superintendent of Schools for the Gorham School Department, Gorham, ME.  where she has served the community for the past 11 years.  The Gorham School Department serves approximately 2,800 students in Cumberland County, ME.  In her 31 years of experience as
... Read More →
Friday December 11, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EST
  Breakout Session

10:00am EST

Preparing Students for Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet: How can Maine Educators work with Maine employers and Universities to stay up to date with the latest careers
Friday December 11, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EST
The workforce is changing faster than ever. How are we going to encourage students to follow career paths that we don’t know the future of? What about careers that do not exist yet?  In this interactive session, Live + Work in Maine will facilitate a conversation between educators, Maine employers, and Maine Universities on preferred methods for keeping educators informed about career options and Maine sectors, what employers are anticipating in their sectors, and how we keep Maine students excited (and not concerned) about their futures. 
 The goal of the session will be to create partnership opportunities between Maine’s educators and Maine’s workforce to help ensure Maine students do not fall behind on career trends. Alongside this, educators will leave with practical insights on the latest happenings in Maine’s workforce and sectors, as well as what Universities are looking for to take back to their classrooms.
Speakers
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Katie Shorey

Director, Live and Work in Maine
Moderator:Katie Shorey is the Director of Engagement at Live + Work in Maine (LWM) and a proud boomerang to the state. She returned to Maine after gaining experience in the political, nonprofit, and consulting sectors in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. Prior to joining LWM, Katie... Read More →
Friday December 11, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EST
  Breakout Session

10:00am EST

Ready for Liftoff: Five Space STEM Lessons You Can Teach Next Week
Friday December 11, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EST
Get ready to launch engaging STEM learning with five hands-on, classroom-tested space activities you can implement immediately. Experience mini versions of engineering challenges inspired by NASA and the International Space Station, including water recovery systems, microgravity drop towers, crater engineering, CubeSat design, and ISS engineering challenges. You'll leave with ready-to-use lesson plans, student resources, and practical strategies that make authentic space STEM accessible for any classroom. Whether you teach upper elementary, middle, or high school, you'll gain standards-aligned activities that spark curiosity, build problem-solving skills, and inspire the next generation of innovators.
Speakers
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Karin Paquin

Dean of Faculty/5-8 Science/ Co-founder C.O.M.E.T.S., St. John's Catholic School/ C.O.M.E.T.S. (Collaborative Outreach for Maine Educators in Technology & Space
Karin Paquin is the Dean of Faculty and a middle school science teacher at St. John's Catholic School in Brunswick, Maine. With a background in marine science and over a decade of experience in education, she is passionate about creating authentic, hands-on STEM experiences that connect students with r... Read More →
Friday December 11, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EST
  Breakout Session

11:10am EST

Powerful Pilot Project: a closer look at the CSforME Research-Practice Partnership
Friday December 11, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm EST
CSforME RPP members join forces to study practical challenges, co-develop evidence-based solutions, and shift power dynamics to ensure equity and mutual benefit for rural high schools integrating computer science and computational thinking in Math, Science, ELA, and Social Studies.
Attendees will learn about long-term, intentional collaborations between researchers and practitioners (e.g., school districts, policymakers, and community leaders) and examples of what our pilot project has discovered.
Speakers
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Angela Oechslie

Director, STEM Pathways and Innovation, Educate Maine
I lead the Project>Login & Maine Mobile BioLab programs at Educate Maine and love to support teachers as they implement STEM and computer science in their schools. I lead the CSCLE business/bus tour each fall. I am a trained SCRIPT facilitator, the community partner for Girls Who... Read More →
Friday December 11, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm EST
  Breakout Session

1:50pm EST

Lessons from the Coastal TRACERS Project: Partners engaging students to build data & ocean literacy through authentic research experiences in their communities
Friday December 11, 2026 1:50pm - 2:40pm EST
Teachers in coastal communities from Kittery to Machias have worked alongside community partners, experts, and education researchers to study how data literacy is taught and understood by students, working in the context of marine science related topics and technologies. After four years of learning and modifying, we want to share what we know and give teachers across Maine resources and confidence to explore using authentic data investigations in their classrooms and communities. Join us as our teachers and researchers discuss their experiences and why this could be a meaningful addition to your curriculum.  
Speakers
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Shane Barker

Program Coordinator, University of Maine
A long time science and math teacher Shane has been with the RiSE Center at the University of Maine for the past year and a half. Shane has served as the program coordinator on the Coastal TRACERS grant and helped organize and facilitate monthly professional learning for teachers... Read More →
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Carol Coryea

Teacher, Washington Academy
This will be changed: Carol teaches grades 9-12 at Washington Academy in East Machias, Maine. A former potato grower, Carol has been teaching for more than 20 years and is a local clammer. At Washington Academy she teaches coastal ecology, Honors Biology and Chemistry. When she started the Coastal TRACERS pr... Read More →
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Tim Foret

Teacher, R.W. Traip Academy
This will be changed: Tim teaches 9th grade Earth Science and is an adjunct faculty member at SNHU (COLT). He has been teaching science for more than 14 years. He is using his science background in salt marsh ecology, fisheries & aquaculture, and rapid environmental assessment to guide students in their i... Read More →
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Sara Lindsay

Professor, University of Maine
A Professor of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine and member of the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education, Sara has been working with educators and scientists to build students’ STEM literacy for more than two decades. She is a marine biologist by training, and has... Read More →
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Ally Ryan

Teacher, Boothbay Region High School
This will be changed: Ally started working with the Coastal TRACERS project as a graduate student at the University of Maine and then joined as a teacher. Now in her 3rd year of teaching, Ally teaches Biology, Anatomy and Marine Science at Boothbay Region High School. She is very interested in the int... Read More →
Friday December 11, 2026 1:50pm - 2:40pm EST
  Breakout Session

3:00pm EST

7th Up Biz Tour: 7th graders learning about the workforce in their own backyards
Friday December 11, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EST
The Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Augusta School Department and Gardiner School Department, launched this program in 2019 to connect local students with the opportunities that exist right here in the Kennebec Valley.
Each year, more than one hundred seventh graders are transported from their schools for a full-day tour of Chamber member businesses, where they gain firsthand exposure to a wide range of local careers and industries.
Speakers
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Katie Doherty

[email protected], Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce
Katie Doherty has been with the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce since 2015, beginning her tenure as Program Director before being promoted to President & CEO in February 2017. A graduate of Thomas College, Katie brought to the Chamber a strong background in business operations... Read More →
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Kimberly Liscomb

Principal, Augusta Public Schools
Kim Liscomb is the Principal of Cony Middle and High School.  She has been in education for 30 years in a variety of roles including principal, assistant principal, teacher, school board member, legislator, and higher education administrator.  She comments, “The best part of being... Read More →
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Jenny Watson

Assistant Principal, Cony Middle School, Augusta School Department
Jenny Watson is the Principal of Cony Middle and High School.  She has been in education for 30 years in a variety of roles including assistant principal, teacher, school board member, and IT Director.  
Friday December 11, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EST
  Breakout Session

3:00pm EST

Connecting Students with Local Energy Careers – Establishing, Maintaining, and Sustaining Partnerships
Friday December 11, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EST
Audiences for this session will explore how to identify and collaborate with workforce mentors in ways that connect their students with local topics and opportunities in clean energy and energy efficiency. We will share strategies from the Rural Energy Futures program that has effectively integrated career connections and energy topics in middle and high school classrooms with the authentic participation of professionals in the field. Attendees will adapt strategies to their context and exchange feedback, leaving with ready-to-use tools, relationships, and strategies. 
Speakers
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Heidi Cian

Research Team Lead, Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance
Heidi Cian is the Research Team Lead at the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA). She is nationally recognized for her research in formal and informal STEM education through committee appointments at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and her editorial... Read More →
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Kristine McCallister

Workforce Development Coordinator, Maine Department of Energy Resources
Kristine McCallister is the Workforce Development Coordinator at the Maine Department of Energy Resources (DOER). She brings 10 years of experience in workforce development, grant management, and conservation education. At Maine DOER, Kristine serves as an analyst and coordinator... Read More →
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Lindsey Schortz

Teacher, Belfast Community Outreach Program (BCOPE)
Lindsey Schortz has been teaching at Belfast Community Outreach Program (BCOPE), RSU 71’s alternative high school program, for the past seven years. She is the Lead Science and Math teacher in the program and has become integral to the success of the students while engaging them... Read More →
Friday December 11, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EST
  Breakout Session
 
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