Pine Grove Faculty:

Pine Grove is a healthy, professional, and compassionate environment dedicated to excellence in the field of early childhood education. All teaching and administrative staff have professional preparation and some have a master’s degree in education or a related field. Each staff member at Pine Grove possesses that special quality of being a self-motivated learner and strives to improve their skills and knowledge in order to benefit their students and classroom.

All of Pine Grove teachers:

• Have a 4 year college degree
• Are registered with the Maine Roads to Quality Registry (for professional advancement)
• Attend 40 hours of education workshops and seminars, each year (10 above the DHHS requirements)

Ongoing support and mentoring includes:

• “Maine Montessori Association Assistant Teacher Training” – new teachers attend a 2 day August foundation class in the Montessori method.
• 2 week staff Set-up/Orientation time in late August includes many workshops such as:
  • CPR and First Aid
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Communicating with Children
  • Separation and the First Day of School
• “Discovering Montessori”– new teachers attend an on premise 30 week guidance and support class throughout the school year.
  • Weekly philosophy and curriculum focus meeting
  • Material making
• Weekly Team Meetings – teachers plan out curriculum, activities, and discuss children’s progress (Head Teachers also meet with Administration every Monday to coordinate events and discuss school-wide topics.)
• Planning Time – each teacher has time scheduled to attend to curriculum planning, parent communication, organization and set-up.