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Maine Character Education Partnership List of Partners
State Project Partners.
The Department will collaborate with four State partners on the project: The Maine Department of the Attorney General, the National Center for Student Aspirations, the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence, and the Institute for Global Ethics.
The Maine Department of Education Contact:
Susan Corrente, Esq., Project Director
23 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333
(207) 624-6620 (207) 624-6601 (fax)
susan.corrente@maine.gov
The Department of the Attorney General: The Civil Rights Team Project
Thomas Harnett
Department of the Attorney General
6 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333
(207) 626-8800
(207) 287-3145 (fax)
thomas.harnett@state.me.us
The Maine Department of the Attorney General began The Civil Rights Team Project in 1996. Since its inception, participation has grown from 18 to 122 middle and high schools. Many other schools are on a waiting list to participate. The Civil Rights Team Project was created to build a structure whereby the culture of intolerance and potential for violence within many of our schools can be changed. It is based on the belief that students, teachers and the surrounding community can work together to increase safety in schools and reduce bias-motivated harassment. Teams from each school (3 students per grade plus 1 or 2 faculty advisors) attend a one-day training by the Attorney General’s office and then develop a plan to provide education and awareness on issues relating to bias and prejudice. The Attorney General also conducts in-service training for faculty and administrators at the participating schools.
The Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence
Stephen Wessler, Esq., Director
68 High Street
Portland, Maine 04101
(207) 780-4756
(207) 228-8550 (fax)
In July 1999 the Trustees of the University of Maine System approved the creation of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Hate Violence at the University of Southern Maine. The Center has three objectives:
* Develop and implement hate crime prevention curricula and programs
* Coordinate the work of practitioners of hate violence programs with the work of academics and researchers who study the causes and effects of hate violence; and
* Develop and encourage increased research, writing, teaching and dialogue on the history, causes and prevention of hate violence.
The Institute for Global Ethics
Paula Mirk, Vice President
Education & Training
P.O. Box 563
Camden, Maine 04843
(207) 236-6658
(207) 236-4014 (fax)
pmirk@globalethics.org
The Institute for Global Ethics is an international non-profit membership organization dedicated to elevating public awareness and promoting the discussion of ethics in a global context. This independent, nonsectarian and nonpolitical think tank focuses on ethical activities for corporations, communities and schools. The Institute’s education program has been implemented in school districts across the country. It involves a three-phase character education model that is very specifically community-based, but that also equips teachers with the classroom materials and training needed to sustain the program.
Local/Regional Partners
1. Wiscasset
214 Gardiner Road
Wiscasset, Maine 04578
(207) 882-6303
(207) 882-4077 (fax)
2. Old Orchard Beach School Department
28 Jameson Hill Road
Old Orchard Beach, Maine 04064
(207) 934-5751
(207) 934-1917 (fax)
3. Maine School Administrative District 39
P.O. Box 190
Buckfield, Maine 04220
(207) 336-2666
(207) 336-2417 (fax)
4. Maranacook Consolidated School District
13 Winthrop Road
Readfield, Maine 04355
(207) 685-3336
(207) 685-4703 (fax)
5. Maine School Administrative District 48, Maine School Administrative District 23 and Maine School Administrative District 38
Maine School Administrative District 48
P.O. Box 40, Rte. 7 and Libby Hill Road
Newport, Maine 04953-0040
(207) 368-5091
(207) 368-2192 (fax)
Maine School Administrative District 23
P.O. Box 208
Carmel, Maine 04419
(207) 848-5173
(207) 848-5196 (fax)
Maine School Administrative District 38
P.O. Box 208
Carmel, Maine 04419
(207) 848-5173
(207) 848-5196 (fax)
6. Maine School Administrative District 42, and Mine School Administrative District 45
Maine School Administrative District 42
Maine School Administrative District 42
P.O. Box 1006
Mars Hill, Maine 04758
(207) 425-3771
(207) 429-8461 (fax)
Maine School Administrative District 45
P.O. Box 507
Washburn, Maine 04786
(207) 455-8301
(207) 455-8217 (fax)
7. Maine School Administrative District 72
George Cunningham, Superintendent
30A Portland Street
Fryeburg, Maine 04037
(207) 935-2600
(207) 935-3787 (fax)
gcunningham@msad72.k12.me.us
8. Maine School Administrative District 17
1570 Main Street, Suite 11
Oxford, Maine 04270
(207) 743-8972
(207) 743-2878 (fax)
9. Maine School Administrative District 54 and Maine School Administrative District 59
Maine School Administrative District 54
196 West Front Street
Skowhegan, Maine 04976
(207) 474-9508
(207) 474-7422 (fax)
Maine School Administrative District 59
55 Weston Avenue
Madison, Maine 04950
(207) 696-3323
(207) 696-5631 (fax)
10. School Union 87
18 Goodridge Drive
Orono, Maine 04473
(207) 866-5521
(207) 866-7111 (fax)
