ACTEM is an ISTE+ASCD Partner for 2025

Ever since we can remember ACTEM has been the ISTE Affiliate for the State of Maine.  The ACTEM board always thought it was important to be affiliated with a national (international) association with a similar mission.  With the ISTE+ASCD merger changes occured in regards to the affiliate program. 

ASCD+ISTE believes it is critical to have trusted regional partners to help prepare educators to be successful in our rapidly changing world. In reviewing the legacy ASCD and legacy ISTE affiliate programs they felt that the models used by both organizations did not provide the best opportunities for collaboration, sustainability, or impact moving forward. Beginning in 2025, ASCD+ISTE launched two new programs, a partnership program and a regional ambassador program. 

ACTEM applied and was accepted as an ISTE+ASCD Partner for 2025.  As of the partnership, ACTEM has agreed to collaborate on the following opportunities: 

• Hosting a Book Study with Author
• Co-Hosting AI Training for Educators
• Promoting ASCD+ISTE Membership

ISTE+ASCD, in an effort to work with Program partners in the Northeast, has allowed ACTEM to partner with Vita-Learn and New Hampshire Society for Technology in Education (“NHSTE”) to fulfill partnership obligations that we specifically committed to for 2025. 

Book Study

The first joint effort with NHSTE & Vita-Learn is a Virtual Book study that began on Feb. 13th. The feature book is  EdTech Essentials ~ 12 Strategies for Every Classroom in the Age of Al by Monica Burns.  Alice Barr, a retired technology integrator from the Yarmouth Schools is the facilitator for the four sessions.  The author will join the final session on April 3^rd.  The book study has 21 ACTEM members along with six educators form VT and eight from NH.

• 5-hour online training that you would take at your own pace by would need to complete before 6-months
• 15-hour cohort group led by facilitator
• Both options are FREE but have an application process
• More details to come in an email to membership

Membership Promotion:

Receive a FREE ACTEM  membership when you sign up for a paid ISTE+ASCD membership using this 

Promo Code: ACTEM25  

To redeem the free ACTEM membership, please send us a copy of your ISTE+ASCD  membership confirmation.  Please be sure to use the ACTEM code and include proof of code submitted.  If you are currently already an ACTEM member, we will apply the free membership to the 2025-26 school year.