Keri Buscher: Opening Doors, Meeting Kids Where They Are, and Creating Opportunities

Today, I get to sit down with Keri Buscher, a Special Education Teacher who’s been with the District for 6-years. Keri has coaching in her blood and a real heart for kids, and what she brings to them through her work is nothing short of life-changing. The teachers here in Vandalia, far more often than not, are either from the community or have a deep connection to it. And even those who commute in from one of several nearby burgs, or worked previously in another District, I’ve found, are fiercely aligned with the best interests of the kids they serve here in Vandalia. Keri, though she is exceptional, is no exception to that observation. I love that coaching is such an elemental piece of who she is, as an educator, because I think it has somehow fostered neural pathways in her that enable uniquely effective access to kids, and an uncanny ability to bring about their best outcomes. Vandalia is fortunate to have educators like Keri, and the students she serves are lucky to have her on their team.