MLTI Project Team
Susan A. Gendron
Commissioner of Education
When it comes to education, Maine is, indeed, on the move. As Education Week’s "Quality Counts" assessment of America’s schools indicated, Maine could rest on its laurels. After all, the achievement of our students in mathematics, science, and reading puts Maine at the top of the nation. But our state has chosen to set high expectations for its public school system. Indeed, we are committed to continuous improvement.
Phil Brookhouse
Statewide Integration Mentor
Phil is a 30 year veteran middle school science teacher who has tried to keep up with the best education, assessment and technology trends. He has been active in the Maine Education Association and is on the Board of Advisors for the Maine Math and Science Alliance. He was on the original design team for MLTI.
What happens in the classroom depends on the teacher, so staff development has always been a primary concern for him. He has worked with the Bates College student teaching program and the Lewiston/Auburn College CLASS Professional Development School program. Phil staffed the Bates College Math and Science Academy as a curriculum coordinator, helping teachers develop teaching units with deep, solid content. Underlying all his work is the philosophy, “The bottom line is the student, after all. Our job is to make memories.”
Barbara Greenstone
Statewide Integration Mentor
Barbara was a Technology/ Literacy Integrator at Mt. Ararat Middle School before coming to MLTI in 2003 as a Statewide Integration Mentor. She has taught 5th grade, 6th grade, Reading K-8, Language Arts 6-8, and Gifted and Talented. She began teaching with technology in the late 1980's when her students taught her how to use an Apple IIe.
"I look forward to the day when we no longer discuss technology integration, when using technology is just part of good classroom practice."
Bette Manchester
Director of Special Projects, Distinguished Educator
Bette guides staff development and content director for the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. She is the former principal of Mt. Ararat Middle School in MSAD #75 Topsham, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, and Harpswell.
"The success of MLTI depends heavily on leadership among teachers in the state, complete integration of laptops into every school's curriculum, and training that involves teachers, staff, students, and the community at large."
"One-to-one computer access changes everything," she says. "But let me make this crystal clear: This is not about technology or software, it is about teaching kids."
Jeff Mao
Coordinator of Educational Technology
Jeff has worked in education since college gradutation. Like so many educators, he has been in schools all his life. He has been involved with educational technology from the start. He began his teaching career with Brewster Academy as that school began one of the nation's first 1-to-1 projects in 1993. He went on to teach and manage technology programs in New York before returning to Maine in 2002. He served as the Director of Technology for M.S.A.D. 60 for two years before joining the Department of Education's Technology Team in 2004.
Jim Moulton
Leadership Professional Development
Jim is an independent educational technology and project-based learning consultant working under contract to the the Department of Education. Drawing on his classroom as well as his consulting experience with schools across the nation, he helps support Maine administrators and leadership teams in their work to effectively support the MLTI through the building of local capacity.
With twelve years of classroom teaching experience and a commitment to project-based learning, Jim helps school communities understand how they can move their 1:1 implementation from promise to performance. Jim is a regular contributor to the Spiral Notebook blog at Edutopia.org on isssues relating to 1:1 and its place in the school community.
MLTI Region Map
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