Maine Educators Named Lead Co-Regulators to Support Phase 2 with The Regulated Classroom™

The Maine Department of Education (DOE) and The Regulated Classroom (TRC) have named co-regulators to support educators across the state to support wellbeing and create safe and welcoming classrooms.

The first phase of the partnership included two-day training workshops specifically designed to enable educators to support staff in decreasing educator and student stress in the classroom through the application of the TRC™ framework. When phase 1 wraps up in September 2024, approximately 1,200 Maine educators will have attended Train-the-Trainer events hosted across the state.

Phase 2 introduces the sustainability of the TRC™ framework by providing additional training to a group of educators who completed Phase 1. These educators, the Lead Co-Regulators, will provide regional support to educators in implementing the TRC framework. The first TRC™ Lead Co-Regulators Workshop was held during the Maine DOE's Annual Educator Summit.

The response to TRC™ training sessions from Maine educators was overwhelmingly positive, but many trainers found they needed more support. The success of the first phase of the partnership is evidenced in participants' expressions of renewed faith that they can be successful in the classroom. The challenges educators face on a daily basis have been compounded in the wake of the pandemic. The right tools, resources, and supports have made a positive difference for educators.

The sustainability project establishes nine regional cohorts of educators who will, together, participate in a Community of Practice (CoP), providing in-person opportunities to share successes and brainstorm strategies to meet the challenges of practice. The intention of the CoP is to provide a continued framework of support for the new Lead Co-Regulators (LCR) working internally to support and train their colleagues throughout the schools of Maine in the TRC™ framework. Lead Co-Regulators were chosen through an application process occurring in late July. The intent was for each Superintendent Region to have two co-leaders from the region; however, due to the short turnaround of the application process and mandatory attendance at the August 8^th training, some co-leads will be traveling to alternate regions, providing support for all nine regions.

Maine's Lead Co-Regulators (LCR)

LCR Contact Information	Superintendent Region	School/District of LCR
Claire Nichols [email protected]	Aroostook Region	Madawaska High School
Sierra Blake [email protected]	Penquis Region (Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset)	RSU63/Eddington
Cecilia Dube [email protected]	Penquis Region (Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset)	SeDoMoCha Elementary - Dover-Foxcroft
Kayla Newmeyer [email protected]	Traveling to Washington Region	Lewiston Public Schools
Julie Carpenter [email protected]	Traveling to Washington Region	Auburn School District
Dawn McLaughlin [email protected]	Traveling to Hancock Region	Milo/Brownville Elementary
Heather Wilson [email protected]	Mid-Coast Region (Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc)	RSU 12- Windsor Elementary School
Deb Taylor [email protected]	Mid-Coast Region (Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc)	RSU 12- Alna, Chelsea, Palermo, Somerville, Westport Island, Whitefield, and Windsor
Amanda Clark [email protected]	Western Maine Region (Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford)	Cape Cod Hill School
Julie Schmidt [email protected]	Western Maine Region (Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford)	Geiger Elementary/Lewiston Public Schools
Stacy Knappe [email protected]	Cumberland Region	Scarborough Public Schools
Jessica Hunt [email protected]	Cumberland Region	MSAD 61Stevens Brook Elm Schl, Lake Region Schl District,
Kristy McNaughton [email protected]	Kennebec Valley Region (Kennebec, Waldo)	Gardiner Area High School
Shannon Murdoch [email protected]	Kennebec Valley Region (Kennebec, Waldo)	Messalonskee Middle School
Samantha Grace [email protected]	York Region	Noble High School/MSAD60
Anne-Marie Hamlin [email protected]	York Region	Shapleigh Memorial School

All previously trained educators are invited to participate in three regional in-person CoPs. Lead Co-Regulators and the Maine DOE Events Calendar will notify them of those sessions.

Please complete this brief form to be included in the regional list serve: Complete THIS Interest Form!

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