Meet Katie Boland

Name:  Ms. Katie Boland

Hometown:  Milford, Connecticut

School:  Trumbull High School, Trumbull Connecticut

Contact: kboland@trumbullps.net  Twitter - @gooberkn

Instagram - @msbolandsclassroom

Education: 

• College of the Holy Cross - BA History, Minor Education

• Fairfield University - MA American Studies

• Gettysburg College - MA American History 

Awards & Honors:

• 2023 DAR Outstanding Teaching in American History for Connecticut, 2nd Place for National Teacher of the Year

• 2022 American Lawyers Alliance Teacher of the Year

• 2020 James Madison Memorial Foundation Fellow for Connecticut

• 2018 DAR Outstanding Teaching in American History for Connecticut

• 2017 Gilder Lehrman History Teacher of the Year for Connecticut

• 2013 Trumbull Public Schools Teacher of the Year, Semifinalist for Connecticut

 About This Project:

Native American History is Connecticut History is designed for classroom teachers in Connecticut to address the lack of knowledge about American Indians throughout our schools. Legislation was recently passed by the State of Connecticut that will require all school districts across the state to “include Native American studies as part of the social studies curriculum in the school year commencing July 1, 2023, and each year thereafter.”   This project will seek to address the lack of knowledge and resources available for teachers across the state to tell the fuller story of the American Indian Experience in Connecticut.

Sources: 

“Governor Lamont, State Department of Education, and Connecticut Tribal Leaders Announce Partnership to Collaboratively Plan for Native American Studies Model Curriculum,” CT.gov, 2022, https://portal.ct.gov/Office-of-the-Governor/News/Press-Releases/2022/11-2022/Governor-Lamont-Announces-Partnership-to-Plan-for-Native-American-Studies-Model-Curriculum.