Marcia Train

The island community is my classroom. I see myself as a tour guide of learning. I believe that it is my responsibility to ensure that all of my students are provided with learning opportunities which will enable them to become a life-long learner and contributing citizens.

• 01/2020, 03/2020, Teacher at Sea to blog back to classrooms about life aboard a research vessel as well as help with collecting water samples to study coccolithophores in the Southern Ocean, R/V Thomas G. Thompson
• 05/2017, Help message the importance of ocean planning to congressional delegation with The Ocean Conservancy, Washington DC, Ocean Uses and Conservation
• 04/1999, Visit schools Grades preschool to post secondary school and observe their educational system as well as provide supplies to various schools, Cuba, Educational trip
• 06/1996, Help lead 15 students grades 6-8 on a 10 day voyage down the coast of New England as an educational officer, Harvey Gamage Schooner Trip

• 2022, Casco Bay Community Grant, True, To introduce island students to climate change, sea-level rise, coastal erosion, intertidal and nearshore habitat and wildlife, and resiliency planning, $2,417.25
• 2020, Maine Environmental Edu. Association Outdoor Education, True, To purchase snowshoes and science journals to make observations in nature during winter months, $1,110

• 1999, Present, WeatherBlur Maine Math and Science Alliance
• 2010, Present, iWonder Teacher Advisory Group Maine Math and Science Alliance
• 2022, Present, iWonder Website/Sustainability Working Group
• 2023-Present, The American Geoscience Institute Teaching and Learning Academy
• 2023-Present, The Gulf of Maine Research Center Coastal Flooding: Storms and Sea Level Rise Group
• 2023-Present National Science Teaching Association Member

• 06/2023, RISE conference University of Maine, Learning Alongside Your Students Outside, Engaging Students in Inquiry and Authentic Research Outdoors
• 07/2023, American GeoScience Teacher Leadership Academy (GA), Engaging Students in Inquiry and Authentic Research Outdoors, How to use place based education to teach geoscience
• 02/2019, Waypoints: Island Institute, Collaborating for Maine's Changing Coast, Panel discussion entitled Collaborating for Maine's Changing Coast, https://www.islandinstitute.org/ii-solution/long-islands-volunteer-water-testers/
• 06/2018, National Agriculture in the Classroom, How to teach aquaculture in the classroom (Sugar Kelp Aquaculture)
• 07/2017, Maine Agriculture in the Classroom, How to teach aquaculture in the classroom (Sugar Kelp Aquaculture)
• 10/2003, Simple Technology in the Classroom: Island Institute, Teach technology skills that teachers can easily use in the classroom

A Model of Programmatic Co-Design With Teachers: Five Factors for Success, Taylor and Francis Online December 2023

• 1994, Present, Long Island Fire Department, Lieutenant, Responsible for truck checks and safety of my fire company
• 2017, 2022, Water Quality Steward Organizer, Scheduling community members to take water samples that are sent to town to be tested. I also train with them so we have the same state protocol