Tan-A Hoffman

Tan-A Hoffman has been teaching for 19 years in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and is a citizen of the Little Travers Bay Band of Odawa Indians. She was hired at JKL Bahweting School in 2008 as a Reading Recovery Teacher, and in 2015, she returned to the 4th-grade classroom and is now teaching 2nd grade. She recently gained her National Board Certification in the area of Early and Middle Childhood Literacy: Reading-Language Arts. With her for passion for Native American Education, she is involved with the Teach to Lead project, with the goal to increase the number of NBCTs educating Native students and empowering Native American communities. Tan-A is also a board member of National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. She enjoys coloborating with others to promote equitable change in education for educators and students.

She believes in a team approach when meeting the needs of students which include parents, peers, and community members. She deeply enjoys working with teachers in the EUP in by providing professional development opportunities in the area of literacy during the summer months.

You can also find her on Instagram and Facebook (@teachertana906), where she is regularly chatting about literacy, classroom data and instruction, and classroom management. You can always find her there being her wacky, authentic self. Tan-A currently lives in Sault Sainte Marie with her husband, DJ, and her two sons, Thalen and Keenan.