Farmington Education grads get hired.
According to a 2020 survey of UMF Education graduates over the past three years, 83% of respondents indicated being employed in the field of education, with 85% hired within a year of graduation and 73% employed within four months of graduation.
Overall, 94.3% of respondents indicated they were Very Satisfied or Satisfied with their teacher education preparation at UMF.
UMF Education graduates work in schools across Maine, throughout the U.S., and around the world.
- Auburn
- Augusta
- Bangor
- Belgrade
- Benton
- Biddeford
- Bloomfield
- Bristol
- Caribou
- Carrabassett Valley
- China
- Clinton
- Ellsworth
- Fairfield
- Farmington
- Gardiner
- Hebron
- Houlton
- Kents Hill
- Lewiston
- Liberty
- Madison
- Mars Hill
- Millinocket
- Mt. Desert Island
- Naples
- Newport
- Norridgewock
- Oxford
- Norway / Paris
- Portland
- Presque Isle
- Raymond
- Rockland
- Rumford
- Saco
- Sanford
- Skowhegan
- South Berwick
- South Portland
- Vinalhaven
- Waterboro
- Waterville
- Westbrook
- Wilton
- Winslow
- Wiscassett
- And more
And in schools in:
- California
- Connecticut
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Chile
- England
- Turkey
Bright From the Start: The Best Teachers Started at Farmington.
- 2019 National Education Assoc. Foundation Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence recipient, Dan Ryder, is a UMF Education graduate
- 2017 Maine Elementary Principal of the Year, Jennifer McGee ’86, is a UMF Education graduate
- 2017 Maine Teacher of the Year, Tammy Ranger ’99, is a UMF Education graduate
- 2015 Maine Teacher of the Year, Jennifer Dorman ’93, is a UMF Education graduate
- 2015 Maine Elementary School Principal of the Year, Tracy Williams ’82, is a UMF Education graduate
- 2014 Maine Elementary School Principal of the Year, Melanie Ellsworth ’84, is a UMF Education graduate
- Since 2006 seven UMF Education graduates have been named Maine Teacher of the Year
Plus
- UMF Education graduates have received the U.S. Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
- UMF Education graduates received the prestigious Milken Family Foundation Educator Award
- UMF Education graduates have been named Maine History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehman Institute of America
- A UMF Education graduate is an Adult Space Camp graduate and earned certification at the Google Teacher Academy in London
- A UMF Education graduate received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Award
- A UMF Education graduate received the prestigious Apple Design Award
- UMF was featured as a Newsweek.com Great Teaching School