UNE alum Joshua Chard is Maine's 2024 Teacher of the Year
Maine’s 2024 Teacher of the Year is University of New England alum Joshua Chard.
Chard is a second and third-grade teacher at East End Community School in Portland and the drama director at Deering High School. 他收到了他的 Master of 科学 in Education – K-6 Literacy from 一个在线, the University’s College of Professional Studies, in 2009.
查德是其中之一。 全球网络赌博平台五名校友 who were named the Maine County Teachers of the Year in May.
“Joshua Chard embodies the qualities that make Maine teachers amazing, we’re thrilled to honor him as Maine’s 2024 Teacher of the Year,” Maine Education Commissioner Pender Makin, herself a 1996 UNE alum, 在声明中说. “今天, we celebrate Joshua’s passion for teaching, his love for his students and public education, his ability to make each and every person feel welcome and like they belong. 的同事们, 父母, community members describe Joshua as kind, 爱的, 充满激情的, 慷慨的, someone who finds joy in the uniqueness of each human.”
的 Maine Teacher of the Year (MTOY) initiative is a program of the Maine Department of Education 是由 教育缅因州, a business-led organization working to advance educational attainment and readiness for work among all Mainers.
Chard told UNE 新闻 in July that relationships are at the heart of everything he does as a teacher. He said he decided to teach elementary school because of his own experiences as an adolescent
“My (fifth grade) teacher, Mrs. Breau, was the kind of teacher who 看到 孩子们. Being seen and being celebrated by my teacher made me want to do the same for others when I grew up,查德说。. “I am a successful teacher because of the amazing teachers who came before me.”
He credited UNE with providing rich discussions about teaching methods that further informed his thinking as a teacher.
“I was already a veteran educator when I began pursuing my degree (at UNE); experienced teachers benefit and grow from pushing their thinking in a rigorous academic environment,他说.