The Lunder School of Education

The Lunder School of Education faculty is committed to engaging, you, to become a leader in your field! We have been classroom teachers and we practice both the art and science of teaching by inspiring you to creatively problem solve and by delivering content through integrated, often self-directed pathways. These include educational gaming design, student centered inquiry learning and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics).

We also believe that getting you into the classroom early is important! You will be in the field as early as your first year to observe and learn! Through various partnerships like the ones we have with Educare of Central Maine and the Maine Teacher of the Year Association, you will have the opportunity to interact with national and state recognized mentor teachers of excellence and to conduct your pre-service teacher placements in their classrooms.

With the generous support of the Lunder Foundation in 2015, The School of Education launched its Center for Innovation in Education with the goal to re-envision teacher education, provide professional development for Maine educators, and to act as a resource in the area of innovative practices. We work with several partners including the League of Innovative Schools, Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, Samantha Smith Challenge, and the Maine Association for Middle Level Education to support our mission. Through the work of the Center, our undergraduate and graduate students have the opportunity to present and attend at state, regional and national professional educator conferences.