BADGE Educators

Keisha Colvin is a first-grade teacher in Jamestown, North Carolina who finds creative ways to make an impact on her students. While she started out in the financial world, she has found her passion and calling as a teacher, and every day she is looking for ways to translate educational objectives into a format her students can grasp.

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Anna Maschke is a middle school language arts teacher in Carson City, Nevada, who reads novels to her students even as they are becoming teenagers. Anna shares about the sense of community and power of story and how she can help her students to be more aware of their world and "not be jerks" after they leave her classroom. :-)

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Mitch is a middle school social studies teacher in the Myrtle Beach area of South Carolina. While teaching this content is important to him, he also has a heart for helping his students grow into young adults by teaching them important life skills that will make an impact on them for years to come.

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Trey Fisk is a high school science teacher at Lutheran South in St. Louis, Missouri. In this episode, he spoke about a way that he is supporting another program by recording his classes to share with others. There was also a good discussion about the power of consistently looking for ways to improve the craft of teaching by trying new things and reflecting on how to make it even better.

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Hannah Nandor is a high school chemistry teacher in Columbia, Missouri, with a passion for students and science. Hannah talks about the benefits of using standards to demonstrate student understanding but also the challenges of making a change like this. She is able to share a message of hope for teachers who are feeling exhausted as well as a reason to play Happy Salmon with high schoolers.

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Tim Bambenek is a teacher at CBC High School in St. Louis, Missouri, and he shares about a media literacy project that benefits students, families, and even the community. He also shares about the power of listening as well as how helpful it is to have communication and collaboration skills in any profession.

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