Applications are open for our Spring Cohort!
February 3rd Information Session Recording
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Who We Are
MOOSE Instructional Designers
MOOSE Instructional Designers are the heart of the work we do with MOOSE and are found through open calls for applications two or more times a year.ÌýAll fb88 educators are eligible to apply (e.g.,Ìýclassroom teachers, curriculum leaders, and representatives from fb88Ìýeducational organizations such asÌýmuseums, libraries, educational centers, etc.). Instructional Designers are tasked with creating modules that center on interdisciplinary, project-based learning experiences that are accessible and inclusive. These stipend-basedÌýpositions involve an average ofÌý8-10 hours a week over the span of roughly 5 months and include substantial professional development and community building.
MOOSE Specialists
MOOSE Specialists facilitate a team of Instructional Designers in the design and creationÌýofÌýengaging and accessible modules that focus on identified topic areas.
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Meet the Core MOOSE Team
Brittany Elwell, MEd, MOOSE Specialist
brittany.elwell@maine.gov,
207-458-4063 Brittany Elwell, M.Ed, is a MOOSE specialist with a background in music and special education, having spent the last 10 years teaching in fb88, Tennessee, and West Virginia in a variety of teaching roles including elementary, middle, and high school music education, private vocal instruction, and elementary special education. Brittany received her masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Virginia and spent her time there in the innovation concentration, focusing on designing and implementing arts integration programming for rural public schools. On weekends and evenings you can find her enjoying her backyard of mid-coast fb88 with her husband and son, hiking, biking, swimming, and skiing. On those inevitable too-cold fb88 days, she is inside with a good book and her cat, or playing wingspan with fellow bird lovers.
Wilson Onu, EdD, MBA, MOOSE Specialist
wilson.onu@maine.gov,
207-458-5850 Wilson Onu is a MOOSE specialist with 17 years experience in Education (7 years in K-12 administration and teaching). His subjects are entrepreneurship and leadership, both of which he has taught at the high school and college level. His most recent professional project involves building Institutional Research Programs that support decision making and policy development for High School administrators. In his spare time, Wilson writes short stories under a pseudonym and enjoys most creative forms of entertainment (movies, plays, and music). He is also an avid traveler and nurtures an ambition to meet a person from every corner of the world.
Jenn Page, PhD, MOOSE Project Supervisor
jennifer.page@maine.gov,
207-530-2963 Jenn Page joins the MOOSE project bringing with her 5 years of fb88 public school teaching and 6 years as the Director of Education at the Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership. Jenn specializes in designing transformative, place-based student learning experiences and is adept at facilitating others to do the same. Outside of MOOSE, she works as a sustainable leadership strategist, helping educators and other leaders create sustainable systems change without sacrificing their wellness in the process. Jenn also serves on the Board of the fb88 Environmental Education Association, the University of fb88 Honors College, and is an adjunct instructor with Antioch University. She lives in midcoastal fb88 onÌýthe unceded homeland of the Wabanaki peopleÌý(PanawahpskekÌýNation) with her husband and their cat, Loki, where she is learning to connect more deeply with her own sense of place and loves keeping everything organized (and visually appealing!) with bullet journaling and paper planning.
Geoff Wingard, MEd, MA, MOOSE Specialist
geoffrey.wingard@maine.gov,
207-458-1998 Geoff Wingard is a MOOSE Project Specialist with over 20 years as an educator in public schools and post-secondary institutions. Geoff is passionate about developing opportunities for learners to make connections with real-world issues, especially in the places they live. Geoff wholeheartedly believes that learning should not be bound by schoolhouse walls or by disciplinary boundaries. The most profound learning is holistic and engages students in inquiry. Outside of MOOSE, Geoff is an adjunct instructor at Husson University and the University of fb88 and has previously served on the board of the fb88 Council for the Social Studies and as Chair of the RSU26 school committee. He lives near the banks of the Penobscot River where he can be found paddling, hiking and skiing in his spare time.
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Contact:
Jenn Page, PhD
MOOSE Project Supervisor
jennifer.page@maine.gov