Maureen A. Brisson is presently the Education Technology Coordinator for the Westport Public School District. A Fall River resident, Maureen has provided leadership in the field of educational technology since 1982 when she was the ‘unofficial’ professional development provider for her school. During those early years she was a pioneer in using and modeling technology in her second-grade classroom at Fall River Public Schools. Her hard work and modeling inspired both her principal and her colleagues. The principal invested in the school’s software, and her colleagues participated in technology programs beginning with Lesley University’s “Technology in Education” weekend. Brisson also received a Horace Mann grant to run an after-school technology club for elementary students, won a national award for curriculum development using technology, and partnered with her district’s specialists to incorporate technology across the curriculum.

 While employed with Fall River Public Schools, Maureen developed, presented, and evaluated professional development activities. She worked with Massachusetts Lighthouse and Model Professional Development grants, the assistive technology team, Project MEET, and the district’s curriculum framework committee. One of her favorite projects that she initiated, though, was the Technology Coach Program where Brisson trained teachers in thirty elementary schools to support their colleagues in the use of technology. Over a span of several years, her Coach program produced a team of confident and knowledgeable technology facilitators.

In addition to her district work, Maureen is the technology planner for the Southcoast Regional Reading Council, teaches at the Southcoast Technology Center, and co-chairs a SIG (Special Interest Group) for MassCUE. She has presented technology integration workshops for both her district and MassCUE conferences, and she consults for Merrimack Technology Center in Somerset. She is also an adjunct faculty member and teaches graduate courses at Lesley, Framingham, and UMass Dartmouth. Maureen A. Brisson’s commitment to student and teacher training in the field of Educational Technology uniquely qualifies her to receive a MassCUE Year 2003 Pathfinder Award.