Education
Ready to Cultivate Young Minds?
The University of Maine at Farmington has been producing skilled and passionate teachers for 160 years and counting. You’ll learn from experienced educators and have numerous opportunities to learn by doing, so you can hit the ground running as a new teacher or take your current career to the next level.
Explore Our Teacher Education Programs
UMF was founded as a teacher preparation school, and is Maine’s first public university.
You’ll have access to modern teaching facilities, including our new Sweatt-Winter Early Care and Education Center.
Among our recent education graduates, nearly 95% said they were “Very Satisfied” or “Satisfied” with their experience at UMF.
That’s how much time you’ll spend teaching in a real classroom as part of your student teaching requirement.
Percentage of students who are employed in teaching within 1 year of graduation.
We’re 1 of only 3 education programs in Maine with CAEP accreditation, the gold standard in teacher preparation.
Reasons Why UMF
When people think of the University of Maine at Farmington, they think of the college that produces the best and brightest new teachers. And they should — we’ve been doing exactly this for 161 years.
We’re one of only three Education programs in Maine to have attained the highest level of accreditation from CAEP, the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation.
develop into a caring, competent, and collaborative professional teacher.
Most offer two experiences prior to your semester-long student-teaching assignment. We also offer opportunities to volunteer in local schools and with local agencies.
Our faculty work closely with you every step of the way — from your first year through graduation and beyond. They become lifelong mentors, providing valuable professional contacts and after-graduation advice and assistance. They will really be there for you.
They’ve worked in early childhood, preschool, elementary, middle, high school, and special education. Many have experience working as program administrators, curriculum specialists, and consultants with state and governmental education agencies.
Our new on-campus state-of-the-art Sweatt-Winter Early Childhood Lab School, Curriculum Lab, Assistive Technology Center, Everyone’s Resource Depot and more.