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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.

‘She will fill your bucket if you are empty’

Godwin Heights Erin Albanese
This art teacher provides a solid skill base, then encourages her students to infuse their work with elements of their own lives. And she shares her own, which she says creates a safe space for them to reflect...

She chose music over medicine, and her students are glad she did

Rockstar Teachers Morgan Jarema
Wendy Tenney Tenney is one of 10 Michigan educators who were named as 2018-19 Regional Teachers of the Year...

Director takes joy in teaching student musicians, ‘to see what they can do and where they go’

Rockstar Teachers Charles Honey
Band director Greg Wells grew up as part of Northview’s proud tradition, in a family of music educators, and feels honored to carry it on

“I realize what a privilege it is”

Rockstar Teachers Erin Albanese
Rockstar Teachers Series: There's just something about certain teachers that draws students to them in droves and keeps them checking in years, even decades...

‘My Class is More Than What I Teach Them’

Grandville Jaye Beeler
At 7:45 a.m. daily, teacher Terry Blevins begins the day with his 30 audiovisual broadcasting students tooling about a warren of separate rooms stuffed...

‘The Classroom is Why I Wake Up in the Morning’

East Grand Rapids Morgan Jarema
Eighth-grader Aaron Souter touched an iPad screen to maneuver a sphero along a stairwell floor, while classmate Ryan Reszka constructed an obstacle course of...

‘Such Good and Such Promise in Each of Them’

Kenowa Hills Charles Honey
Fourteen students form a semicircle, discussing in detail the meaning of a poem by Pablo Neruda, "I Like When You Are Quiet." Witness the teaching...

She Collects Books, and Lets Students Choose Them

Rockstar Teachers Erin Albanese
English teacher Katie Sluiter's Wyoming Junior High classroom is a testament to the power of words, in the books eighth-graders eagerly grab from her...

After Auto Industry, He Chose ‘Noble Career’ of Teaching

Comstock Park Morgan Jarema
David Staublin has been known to poke fun at his diminished hearing. Having grown up in Charlevoix, he said, he attended "a lot of...

‘I show them another way, and another way, and another way’

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese
A bank was robbed. Fifteen suspects – all middle-school staff members – had their mugshots taken, each holding a dollar bill up to their...

Respect and Relationships Build Bonds with Students

Forest Hills Morgan Jarema
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Bill Kennedy's AP Government class kicks off as it does on most days: with video news footage. Today it's...

He Pushes Students to Excel, with Pushups and ‘Geronimo!’

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese
When it comes to encouraging students to give it their all, band director Troy Anderson says take the leap and yell "Geronimo!" By that he...

Fast Talking, Storm Chasing, Globe-Toting Teacher

Grandville Morgan Jarema
The first thing you notice in Dave Carmichael's weather and science class is that he often carries around a globe, using it as a...

‘I Hope They Feel That I Love Them’

Cedar Springs Charles Honey
Libby Metiva’s seventh-graders were spread out in her classroom and the adjoining hallway, working in small groups on the answer to a science experiment:...

Teaching French Not a Language But a Lifestyle

Rockstar Teachers Erin Albanese
As a Crock-Pot of beef bourguignon simmered, high school students in Amy Wood's class took time developing their palates for Parisian food. With a hearty...

Retirement, Yes! Leave School? No Way!

Rockstar Teachers School News Network
For Sue Blackall, retirement is just the beginning. After 32 years and 800 pupils, the Appleview Elementary third grade teacher plans to open the book...
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