Background

Mission | Goals |Operational Objectives | Purpose | Historical Perspective

Mission Statement

MAEE is an organization of representatives from colleges/universities and school districts committed to developing ways to encourage talented individuals to make teaching their professional choice. Guided by our belief that "Teaching is the Cornerstone of all Professions," MAEE is dedicated to the promotion and improvement of preparing, recruiting, hiring and retaining quality teachers.

Goals

Goals and objectives adopted by the Executive Committee in November, 1999 are as follows:

To communicate and collaborate effectively with all constituents both within and outside the organization
To address educational issues at the state, regional and national levels
To promote teaching as a profession to include finding the best and brightest candidates, encouraging minorities to enter the teaching field, and filling critical needs areas
To enhance our professional integrity through sound ethical principles
To establish sound fiscal policies and procedures consistent with the growth and development of the organization

Operational Objectives

Goal One:

To revise the existing policy and procedures manual.
To employ a focus group to investigate the promotion of scholarship opportunities.

Goal Two:

To appoint a representative who will monitor the changes in certification requirements and report findings to the organization.
To identify reciprocity policies among member states.

Goal Three:

To design a method or promotional campaign which encourages minority students at the elementary and secondary levels to consider teaching as a profession.
To design a promotional campaign which encourages teaching in critical shortage areas.

Goal Four:

To identify and assess the ethical principals of similar organizations.
To draft ethical principles guidelines by the next business meeting.

Goal Five:

To identify the advantages and disadvantages of applying for non-profit status with the Internal Revenue Service.
To prepare fiscal responsibility guidelines for the organization.

Purposes

MAEE (formerly MAASCUS) was organized in 1965 to promote better working relationships between college placement counselors and school personnel officials. The Association seeks to spearhead programs that help both constituencies of the membership to learn and grow as professionals in their respective fields. In addition, the organization opens new communication links between employers and college placement officers, allowing both groups to confer over common problems, needs and interests.

Historical Perspective

The Pennsylvania Institutions for Teacher Placement Association (PITPA) proposed the organization of the states in the Mid-Atlantic area into a Mid-Atlantic Placement Association on October 11, 1962, for the following reasons:

States have much in common geographically.
Few of the institutions in the area belong to the national organization that was the forerunner of ASCUS.
Those who belong to the national organization seldom attend conferences due to cost.
PITPA could act as the promoting state for the organization.
The new organization would in no way take the place of the national organization.
Recruiting for eastern public schools is done largely in the Mid-Atlantic states.
These states have much in common in recruitment, certification and curriculum.
The reciprocity agreement between NITPA and member colleges could exist at a much greater
Organization of these states would minimize the use of the U.S. Employment Service.
There is a need for professionals in the field to know each other better.

ASCUS (American Association for School, College and University Staffing) charged its subcommittee on States and Regionals to use this proposal as a pilot project for 1963. An organizational meeting was held October 17-18, 1963, and MAASCUS was formed. The MAASCUS Constitution was approved and officers elected in October 1964. The first Annual Conference was held in October 1965. PITPA voted in 1969 to dissolve, turn over its financial balance to MAASCUS and send its records to the ASCUS headquarters for permanent filing. MAASCUS voted to change its name to MAEE (Mid-Atlantic Association for Employment in Education) in December, 2002.

MAASCUS has successfully hosted the ASCUS Annual Conference in October 1981 and October 1987, and the AAEE Annual Conference in December 2001.

(ASCUS is now AAEE, the American Association for Employment in Education.)