Intensive Resource Teacher

Stanley Elementary

Blue Valley Schools 

Bre McGranahan lives by the philosophy that “every child deserves a quality, accessible education, regardless of ability or background.”

K-5 Instructional Coach

Meadowlark Elementary

Liberal Public Schools

Erica Threatt’s first priority when entering the classroom is building relationships with her students.

Instructional Coach

Washington Elementary

Geary County Schools 

At the cornerstone of Jennifer Fallin’s teaching philosophy is this: “from the inception of our lives to the final chapter, the journey of learning is an unbroken threat that weaves through every moment.”

First-grade AVID teacher
Sunflower Elementary School
Lawrence Public Schools

Jessica Brown’s forever classroom family knows that 143 is a number that embodies her practice, culture and a small legacy. But 143 is not the number of students that have entered her classroom, but the number of letters in each word of the phrase, “I love you.”

Engineering Teacher
Maize Middle School
Maize Public Schools

Jessica Buchanan’s teaching philosophy if founded in the belief that every child deserves an advocate to do what is best for them now, as well as what is best to prepare them for living and working in a 21st-century world.

7-8th Grade Gifted Facilitator
Washburn Rural Middle School
Topeka Public Schools

In Lindsey Dowell’s classroom, students are the driving seat of their education. By doing this, her students show academic and social growth above and beyond that of their same-age peers, she said.