Elan School
Poland, ME

Elan School is pleased to announce the addition of Ande (Andrea) Lane, Special Education Coordinator, to our Education Department. Ande began her career in education by home schooling her own three daughters in the early 80's. Then, after tutoring students in the Lewiston/Auburn area for several years, Ande completed her Bachelor's in Special Education at the University of Maine at Farmington in 1996, double majoring in Emotional Disabilities/Behavior and Plant Science. She also worked as a special education teacher and later as a Teaching Principal at an elementary school. While there, she taught Wilson Reading, and worked with students who had severe learning disabilities as well as challenging behaviors.

Her energetic personality led Ande to concurrently develop her own business in 1999, Western Maine Educational Services, serving as an Education Consultant for Maine's growing home school population. She also had a few larger clients such as an NFI North, and Becket Family of Services. Ande served as Education Director for both agencies for several years. In 2004, she became a full time administrator and in December 2007, she received her Master's in Education Leadership from the University of Southern Maine.

Elan School is a coeducational, residential school for grades 8 - 12. Elan serves students classified as Emotionally Disturbed or who exhibit disruptive behaviors associated with ADHD and/or ODD.