Where Our Education Grads Teach

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% of them employed in just four months after graduating.

Overall, 94.3% of respondents indicated they were Very Satisfied or Satisfied with their teacher education preparation at UMF.

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See some recent Early Childhood Education graduates, now teachers or education supervisors, describe why they chose Farmington.

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UMF Education graduates work in schools across Maine, throughout the U.S., and around the world.

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The University of Maine at Farmington is considered one of the premier teacher education programs in New England.

At our founding in 1864, the University of Maine at Farmington (then called Western State Normal School) took an innovative approach to teacher education, integrating a strong liberal arts foundation into teacher training. Our founders believed that only those with a strong background in the liberal arts could effectively teach the arts and sciences. Obvious as that may seem, it was not the rule among teacher education programs of the time.

More than 150 years later, the University of Maine at Farmington continues to be recognized for its innovation and excellence in teacher preparation.

• UMF is one of only three nationally accredited teacher education programs in Maine
• UMF was the first in Maine to receive national CAEP accreditation (formerly NCATE) 
• UMF received full Maine State Board of Education accreditation
• UMF full-time faculty supervise you in your off-campus practicum and student-teaching field experience
  

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