me arts ed

Finalist for Maine Teacher of the Year!

Hall Elementary School in Portland is very proud of their music teacher Jayne Sawtelle. She is one of three finalists for the 2010 Maine Teacher of the Year! Thank you Jayne, not only for representing your school and community, but the community of arts educators in Maine! During the last several months Jayne has gone through the many steps of the Teacher of the Year process.

Facts about Jayne:

• Teaches K-5 classroom music
• Assists with elementary band
• Responsible for grades 6-8 jazz band
• Conducts the multi-age chorus that includes students, parents, grandparents and staff members
• Classes include students who speak over 20 different language
• Arranges music
• Plays the baritone saxophone with the Casco Bay Concert Band and the Edith Jones Project
• Plays in the community steel drum band
• Taking guitar lessons
• Believes it is so much more about the process and not the product

Jayne is a life-long learner and is very proud to be a teacher! Jayne musically enhances the rich multi-culturism of her school community. The other two finalists for Maine Teacher of the Year are Bill Thompson, a high school physics teacher from Guilford and Kevin Grover, a second grade teacher from Falmouth. The announcement of the 2010 Maine Teacher of the Year will take place at a surprise assembly at the teachers school in the fall.