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Rockstar Teachers

 

There’s just something about certain teachers that draws students to them in droves and keeps them checking in. This series, proudly sponsored by Edustaff, highlights some of these rockstars of the classroom.

Teaching art ‘is what I’m meant to do’

Northview Morgan Jarema
She says ‘life is much better with creativity’...

‘I owe so much to them all’

Caledonia Hannah Lentz
He has been teaching orchestra to Caledonia middle school students for 15 years...

Teaching history as history is happening

Rockstar Teachers Charles Honey
In Bill Crane’s 26 years of teaching U.S. history at Rockford High School, rarely has the subject been so immediately relevant to his students’ lives...

Teaching history as history is happening

Rockford Charles Honey
In Bill Crane’s 26 years of teaching U.S. history at Rockford High School, rarely has the subject been so immediately relevant to his students’ lives...

‘Feels like I just got here yesterday’

Rockstar Teachers Hannah Lentz
Kelly LaCroix has worked in the same classroom at Kettle Lake Elementary for two decades, and her enthusiasm continues to grow every day...

A new teacher with a passion for the classroom: ‘I love helping kids’

Rockstar Teachers Charles Honey
While the number of new teachers continues to drop dramatically, Brittney DesLauries says she wants to do it for the rest of her life...

‘100 percent mesmerized by my job-this is what I get to do today’

Cedar Springs Janice Holst
Making sure each student is recognized and learns life lessons are what matters, said this Cedar Springs teacher...

She focuses on words and beyond, helping ELL students be successful

Byron Center Erin Albanese
As an EL teacher and club adviser, Christy Tripp-Arkema advocates for students, serving as a bridge and a voice. She’s a high-energy, passionate instructor who learns along with her students and makes sure they have what they need to be successful...

‘It was the right job for me — always has been’

Rockstar Teachers Bridie Bereza
In Cindy Prentler’s second grade classroom, books inspire, teach, and beautify the space...

Take a ‘walk in the woods’ at this elementary school

Rockstar Teachers Janice Holst
A fifth-grade teacher’s hobby has transformed the hallways, with a carved woodland creature at nearly every classroom door...

Her joy: watching them ‘discover what they can do’

Godwin Heights Bridie Bereza
Rockstar Teacher Susie Poliski...

‘Nobody can take our education away’

Thornapple Kellogg Hannah Lentz
After completing her student teaching at Thornapple Kellogg, Erin Kraker is back, bringing her own style to the classroom...

‘Bring your best every day’

Comstock Park Hannah Lentz
Katie Bredeweg, a second-grade teacher at Stoney Creek Elementary, talks about her experiences in the classroom and the lasting impact that a teacher can have...

Seismic lessons from this rock star teacher

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese
GRCC Geology Professor and volcanologist Tari Mattox brings her first-hand knowledge of eruptions, rocks and much more into class...

Michigan art teacher of year makes all subjects ‘artful’

Kentwood Erin Albanese
Art teacher Adrienne DeMilner brings art into all subjects and areas at East Kentwood Freshman Campus and out into the community. She was recently awarded 2018 Michigan Art Educator of the Year and Secondary Art Teacher of the Year by the Michigan Art Education Association...

Her overarching goal: to teach that American ideals are worth striving for

Rockstar Teachers Erin Albanese
Rebecca Debowski witnesses and guides her students as they learn to look at things in a more nuanced way and respect what one another have to say, from every perspective...
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