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We are FUNDRAISING to support our travel to Washington DC for the National Conference this June!
Educators Rising
The 2024 Educators Rising National Conference is scheduled to take place June 28-July 1, 2024, in Washington DC
This year’s theme is "Discovering Your Potential"
Each year, Educators Rising hosts a national conference to convene our network of rising educators and teacher leaders. It’s a unique opportunity for students and their teacher leaders to:
Connect and learn from each other through more than 40 breakout sessions;
Network with other members from across the country;
Compete for national titles in competitive events designed to allow students to develop and showcase their teaching skills; and
Be inspired by keynote presentations from national education leaders
Conference Hotel
Conference Hotel
Marriott Marquis, Washington, D.C.
2024 Keynote Speaker
2024 Keynote Speaker
Rebecka Peterson, 2023 National Teacher of the Year
Rebecka Peterson, 2023 National Teacher of the Year
Rebecka Peterson, the 2023 National Teacher of the Year, is a math teacher who loves stories.
Rebecka has taught high school math classes ranging from intermediate algebra to Advanced Placement calculus, for 11 years at Union High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Amid a difficult first year of high school teaching, she found the “One Good Thing” blog. She credits daily posting there to helping her recognize the beautiful and positive experiences occurring in her classroom, which inspired her to stay in the profession. She has since contributed 1,400 posts to the blog. As Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, she has visited teachers across the state to highlight their important work through the Teachers of Oklahoma campaign.
As National Teacher of the Year, Rebecka plans to use her platform to highlight teachers’ stories of the good that’s happening in education. Teaching is a profession that affords creativity, autonomy and purpose, and Rebecka believes that highlighting the stories of joy happening in classrooms across the country will help encourage current teachers and attract new educators to the profession.
Rebecka is a proud immigrant of Swedish-Iranian descent and lived in several countries around the world as her parents traveled as medical missionaries. Her own experience with supportive teachers who celebrated her diversity and math abilities informs Rebecka’s efforts to create a supportive and accessible classroom for students. She values listening to students’ stories as a way to better understand them and elevate their voice.
Before joining the faculty at Union High School, Rebecka taught for three years at the collegiate level. She holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Oklahoma Wesleyan University and a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of South Dakota. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with her husband, Brett, and son, Jonas, and she enjoys reading, crafting and playing board games.
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