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<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#505050">Educators residing in Maine who are currently teaching on conditional or emergency certification, or who are working toward an active application for certification are
eligible to participate. The Maine DOE has allocated nearly one million dollars of ARP Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds for this program, and eligible participants can take advantage of this program on a first come, first served
basis. A wide range of courses is available, including online courses, with a number of different start and end dates to accommodate a wide array of summer plans. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.maine.gov/doe/TeachMaineScholarship">TeachMaine Scholarship Program | Department of Education</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Jane Armstrong (she,her,hers)</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) State Specialist <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Office of Teaching and Learning<br>
Maine Department of Education <br>
23 State House Station <br>
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023 <br>
<b>Email: </b><a href="mailto:jane.armstrong@maine.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">jane.armstrong@maine.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.maine.gov/doe" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Maine DOE</span></a> |
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<a href="https://mainedoenews.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Maine DOE Newsroom</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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