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Maine-ly Nutrition
About the Project
The Maine-ly Nutrition Project provides teachers and school nurses with training and resources to implement nutrition education in the classroom. This project is open to Preschool - High School teachers and school nurses who teach in schools statewide that have 50% or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals. Click here for a list of the Maine schools that currently meet the criteria.
There is some funding available that allows us to offer this program to a limited number of K-8 schools that do not meet the low income guidelines.
To participate:
- Each teacher submits an appropriate sign-on form committing to a minimum of 25 hours (15 hours for preschool teachers) to plan, teach, and assess nutrition education lessons during the school year.
- The teacher then receives a minimum of $100 to purchase nutrition education resources for the classroom.
- Teachers complete time logs and expense records, which are submitted to the Maine Nutrition Network office at the end of the school year.
The value of the participating teacher's/school nurse's time generates matching funds that are used to provide each teacher or school nurse with:
- Optional, but highly recommended, nutrition training sessions
- The choice of a grade-appropriate nutrition program, funds for nutrition teaching supplies, including nutrition-related books and other nutrition education resources
- Maine-ly Teachers newsletter
- Funds for an approved School-wide Community Nutrition Event
- Scholarships to the Maine Schoolsite Wellness Conference
- Up-to-date nutrition resources, which are available on loan to teachers through the Learning Materials Center at the Fogler Library, University of Maine, Orono.
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