Aisha Haggard: I am currently a high school, creative writing teacher in a school district located in Charlotte, North Carolina. I am a third year teacher at a school that participates in a 1:1 initiative and I am always eager to seek out new ways to incorporate technology for the 21st century learner.
Jennifer Saldo: I currently teach at a middle school, grades 6-8, in the Iredell-Statesville School district located in North Carolina. I am an EC teacher co-teaching in a 7th grade and 8th grade ELA class. In addition, I teach two small ELA classes. This is my 11th year teaching, all as an EC teacher. I am always looking to improve my role as an educator, and being able to implement digital tools is a current interest of mine.
Dare York: I am an English Language Arts teacher, and I am in my 13th year of teaching. I taught high school English (Inclusion, academic, and Honors) for 7 years, and I am currently teaching 8th grade ELA in a middle school in Statesville, North Carolina. Both of the districts that I have taught in have the 1:1 student laptop initiative, so technology has been a big driving force in my classroom instruction.
Britney Held: I am a high school English teacher at a school in the Cabarrus County School district. I currently teach 9th and 11th grade English, but I taught 10th grade English the past two years. This is my second full year teaching, and my teaching style involves a lot of technology! My school allows for 1:1 student laptop in the classroom, so I love learning new ways to teach 21st century skills and continuously challenge my students.
Catherine C. Stanford: I am a high school English teacher at North Wilkes High School in Hays, NC. This year, I teach 10th and 12th grade. This is my twenty-first year of teaching. We have a 1:1 student laptop situation, and I use technology every day in my classroom.
Natosha Newton: I am currently teaching Elementary at a Primary Years Programme school in Mooresville, NC. My school is 2:1 student to device ratio. This is my second year working with AIG identified students in a Reading cluster classroom. My experience is with teaching secondary students in English-Language Arts in grade 6. I have nine total years of classroom teaching experience and have taught over 1200 students in Iredell County, NC.
Kate Brown: I am currently in the middle of my third year of teaching English at North Wilkes High School! I am currently teaching 9th and 10th grade English but I also teach 11th grade as well. I consider myself to be really well-versed in technology and I use it multiple times every class period with my students and I'm able to do so because of the 1:1 ratio at my school.