Maine
Educate Maine hosts 10-year anniversary celebration
PORTLAND – Educate Maine, a business-led non-profit targeted on supporting training and workforce improvement for all Mainers, celebrated its 10-year anniversary at Brick South at Thompson’s Level on Could 19.
The night included a gallery stroll highlighting a few of Educate Maine’s main achievements all through the years in addition to key partnerships of their historical past. The Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Unum, Dwell + Work in Maine, Focus Maine, and the Maine Division of Schooling had been all featured. A couple of notable achievements all through Educate Maine’s historical past embody creating and internet hosting the annual Schooling Symposium each December connecting enterprise and training leaders; publishing the Schooling Indicators report highlighting the present efficiency of Maine’s faculties; and being a founding and main member of the MaineSpark Coalition created to assist Maine obtain its academic attainment objectives.
Educate Maine’s Board President Clif Greim, Educate Maine’s Government Director Dr. Jason Judd, and Unum’s Vice President of Company & Social Duty Cary Olson-Cartwright all spoke about how Educate Maine has impacted training and workforce improvement throughout the state. Transferring testimonials had been shared from key companions at Dwell + Work in Maine, the Maine Division of Schooling, FocusMaine, and from program individuals highlighting how Educate Maine has impacted their lives. Dr. Jason Judd shared a problem with attendees, “We hope that you’ll associate with us to assist Maine proceed to strengthen our training system and put together college students for quite a lot of faculty and profession pathways the place they will stay and prosper right here in our state.” He shared a preview of Educate Maine’s new strategic plan and thanked supporters for his or her help over the past 10 years.
Educate Maine want to thank Unum for his or her ongoing help of the group and for his or her occasion sponsorship of the celebration. They’d additionally prefer to thank Management Sponsor McKinsey & Firm.
Educate Maine champions profession readiness by growing the academic attainment of Maine folks, enabling all college students to achieve postsecondary training and within the office. Landmark packages embody the Maine Instructor of the Yr program, Schooling Leaders Expertise, Venture>Login, and Maine Profession Catalyst. Extra info is offered at educatemaine.org. Educate Maine is a founding member of MaineSpark, a coalition of training and enterprise leaders working collectively to attain a standard purpose: by 2025, 60 p.c of Mainers will maintain training and workforce credentials that place Maine and its households for achievement.