K-8 Educators Share Classroom Expertise and
Practices to Help Guide and Inform Scholastic's Education Product
Development
NEW
YORK, Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today,
Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education, and media
company, announced its selection of 12 educators from across the
country to join the Company's second annual Teacher Fellows Cohort.
These accomplished K-8 teachers will collaborate with Scholastic
Education Solutions' product development, research and publishing
teams for the duration of the school year, offering a direct
pathway to their wide range of expertise and experiences in today's
classrooms.
For more information on the Teacher Fellows program visit:
scholastic.com/teacherfellows.
"Our first class of Teacher Fellows tested lessons in their
classrooms, surveyed their colleagues and students, shared pain
points and successes, and worked side-by-side with our staff to
design resources that would truly meet their needs in the
classroom," says Tara Welty,
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Scholastic Teaching
Solutions. "We cannot wait to see how this impressive next
class of educators will share their diverse perspectives and
experience to help us continue to meet the needs of teachers today
and help us develop innovative and useful classroom resources."
The 2023-2024 Teacher Fellows will serve through
July 2024 and are listed here in
alphabetical order:
- Jamila Iris Edwards, Grade 4
Teacher, Sequoia Elementary, Oakland Unified School District,
CA
- BreAnn Fennell, Grade 3 Teacher,
Reagan Elementary, Ashland City Schools, Ashland, OH
- Kevin Frederick, Grade 1
Teacher, Dr. Howard Elementary, Champaign Unit 4 Schools,
Champaign, IL
- Valente' Gibson, Grade 3
Teacher, Jackson Creek Elementary School, Richland School District Two, Columbia, SC
- Emely Gudiel-Rodriguez,
Kindergarten Teacher, Kyle R. Wilson Elementary School,
Prince William County, VA
- Grace Hearl, Grade 6 ELA and
Social Studies Teacher, East Rockford Middle School, Rockford Public Schools, Rockford, MI
- Hannah Kittle, Grade 5 ELA &
Writing Teacher, Joseph A Browne Middle School, Chelsea, MA
- Michele Ogden, Grade 3 Teacher,
Solis Park K-8 School, Irvine Unified School District, Irvine, CA
- Melanie Okadigwe, PreK-6
Learning Specialist and Library Specialist, Greene Hill School,
Brooklyn, NY
- Eddie Vitcavage, Grade 4
Teacher, Israel Putnam Elementary School, Meriden, CT
- Tim Wheeler, Grade 4 Teacher,
Riddle Elementary School, Mattoon Community Unit 2, Mattoon, IL
- Tiffany Young-Norris,
Kindergarten Teacher, CT Walker Magnet School, Richmond County School District, Augusta, GA
"The Scholastic Teacher Fellows program has been one of the most
extraordinary experiences," said Anna Hart, fifth grade teacher from Greenville, SC and a member of the 2022
Scholastic Teacher Fellows Cohort. "This journey helped me grow
as a professional and a person, helped me gain lifelong
connections, and was an honor to be a part of over this past year.
Scholastic showered each of us with so much respect and
appreciation, which further displayed the company's commitment to
educators and the future of our schools."
Teacher Fellows were selected through a call for applications
which were then reviewed by a panel of judges to assess overall
teaching experience, classroom practices and more. Each fellow will
complete a capstone project during the course of the program, to be
showcased at a Summit at Scholastic's NYC Headquarters in the
summer of 2024. Fellows will also receive a stipend of $2,000 as well as at least $500 in Scholastic products.
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