Teacher of the Week: Joe Meyer
The shop and welding teacher at Champaign Central High School says his class is the equalizer: 'I have kids that get a lot of F's in their academic classes, and I have kids who get straight A's, and...
View ArticleTeacher of the Week: Paul Han
The 12-year veteran at Next Generation School in Champaign remembers a mission trip to Mexico as a point in his life where he thought his direction might change toward working with kids.Interacting...
View ArticleTeacher of the Week: Brian Geiss
The eighth-grade science educator at Hoopeston Area Middle School who planned to pursue a career in physics and astronomy 'realized I liked the teaching part of science more than the research.'BRIAN...
View ArticleTeacher of the Week: Tuscola's Katie Wienke
The 16-year veteran's job at Tuscola High and East Prairie Middle School — social worker — can be as challenging as it is rewarding.Meet KATIE WIENKE, whose job at Tuscola High and East Prairie Middle...
View ArticleTeacher of the Week: Tim Hess
The self-described car-guy-turned-motorcycle-guy and 'Marine who teaches band' at Paxton-Buckley-Loda High tries to lead by example.Meet TIM HESS— a self-described car-guy-turned-motorcycle-guy and the...
View ArticleTeacher of the Week: Jennifer Heidrick
As a student at Bismarck-Henning High she never saw herself teaching, 'yet, here I am,' said the woman who's in her seventh year of teaching art at Armstrong High and Armstrong-Ellis Grade School.As a...
View ArticleTeacher of the Week: Jasmine Wong
The third-grade gifted-classroom teacher at Champaign's Booker T. Washington Elementary has — in a way — been teaching for most of her life.Meet JASMINE WONG, a third-grade gifted-classroom teacher at...
View ArticleTeacher of the Week | For this BHRA teacher, 'agriculture is part of our...
Meet Amy DeGolyer, who, in her second year of teaching, helped Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin Cooperative High School launch its new agriculture/FFA program this year.Meet AMY DeGOLYER, who, in her...
View ArticleTeacher of the Week: Jill Quisenberry
The 27-year veteran at Urbana's Wiley Elementary 'found my groove in first grade. I really like the level; I like where the children are working, the gains they make over the course of the year.'Meet...
View ArticleTeacher of the Week: Bobbi Cosat
The student-turned-teacher's aide-turned-certified teacher at Georgetown's Pine Crest Elementary 'kind of just followed in' the footsteps of her mother, a retired teacher.Meet BOBBI COSAT, a...
View ArticleTeacher of the Week: Jennifer Riefsteck
The Rossville-Alvin Junior High math educator is known for doing fun, hands-on projects to engage her students, such as this week's 'Barbie bungee jump' with her eighth-graders.If you stop by...
View ArticleTeacher of the Week: Joan Sutherland
The longtime educator who is getting ready to retire as librarian at Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond High says her career really took off in the self-contained Amish classroom at Arthur Junior...
View ArticleTeacher of the Week: Cheryl Shumate
The 32-year teaching veteran has spent the last 25 at Judith Giacoma Elementary in Westville, teaching third grade for the last 12.Meet CHERYL SHUMATE, a 32-year teaching veteran who has spent the last...
View ArticleTeacher of the Week: Sushma Bridgemohan
The Westview Elementary educator's journey to the classroom could almost be defined as a happy accident. A pre-med student with thoughts of a teaching career, she said a mistake while she was a student...
View ArticleTeacher of the Week: Penny Tibben
The Danville Lutheran School educator taught second grade for 10 years, fifth grade for two and has been teaching a combined third- and fourth-grade classroom for the last five.Meet PENNY TIBBEN, who...
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