An opportunity for an Elementary School in Maine. Applications close 15 October 2021 Through generous support by Susan and Richard Bates a Maine elementary school will be selected to partner with the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA) during the 2021-2022 school year to engage in critical school wide-conversations and professional learning opportunities. This partnership… [Read More]
Devon Colella
Technology Integration & Instructional Design Specialist
High School Science Fair Teacher Workshop
High School Teachers: Register for any or all of the following free professional development opportunities offered this summer. All sessions will take place via Zoom, every other Thursday, starting June 24. June 24, 2021 | 9:00 – 11:00 ET virtual Join other high school teachers interested in learning about MSSF on June 24th for the first professional… [Read More]
MMSA’s ACRES project receives $1.85 million NSF Grant to improve rural afterschool training
A potentially game changing, innovative way to experience professional development is coming to Maine and will then be rolled out across the country. Out of school educators, including librarians will soon benefit from Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance’s (MMSA) most recent grant award MMSA has received a National Science Foundation ASIL grant. 1.85 million dollars… [Read More]
MMSA’s Research and Evaluation Team is Growing…come and learn with us!
Over the past 4 years MMSA has been growing our capacity to do research and evaluation on both the projects we design and to work with others interested in identifying the impact of their professional development programs. Our research team includes some of the most well respected researchers in the field like Dr. Sue Allen… [Read More]
COME JOIN US! August 15, 2017 *Past Event*
The Reach Center @ MMSA has twice convened Maine educators who are interested in starting or are part of STEM academies, schools or programs. We use the University of Chicago STEM Schools Taxonomy to categorize programs in several ways: Depth: programs that delve deeper or more rigorously into STEM courses, such as honors or AP;… [Read More]
Postcard from the NSTA Conference
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) conference is always an exciting event where we can showcase MMSA’s programs as well as listen to talks from others that measure best practice and new innovations. This year’s NSTA conference in Los Angeles was no exception. MMSA’s WeatherBlur citizen science project presented its use of the S.M.A.R.T process… [Read More]
MMSA welcomes researcher Scott Byrd
Scott Byrd is our most recent addition to the MMSA Team. As a researcher, he will coordinate the educational research and evaluation of MMSA programs and support staff at every step of the research process from proposal to data archiving. Before joining MMSA Scott was an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Murray State University in… [Read More]
WeatherBlur’s King Tide Investigation
WeatherBlur members collected data on the effects of the King Tide up and down the Maine coastline. WeatherBlur Program Manager was interviewed by a TV station as the ‘person on the street’ and managed to get MMSA a mention. WGME 13 Coverage