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“I didn’t choose teaching, teaching chose me.” – Jill Watson

Teaching flows through Jill Watson’s genes. For 14 years, she has followed in the footsteps of her grandmother, mother, aunts, uncle and brothers – all of whom are teachers. “I didn’t choose teaching, teaching chose me,” says Jill. “It’s who I am as a person and in the fiber of my being.” While she initially […]

A Conversation with Kelly Farrow

Kelly Farrow teaches English language learners (ELL) at a small private Christian school in Pasadena, California. After teaching for nearly a decade, Kelly jumped at the opportunity to become a facilitator at last year’s summit at Azusa Pacific University. She walked away from the experience with new teaching strategies for pushing ELL students to speak […]

How Teacher Leadership Reignited my Passion for the Classroom

I spent most of my spare time in the spring of 2014 looking for a way out. I had been teaching 8th grade for 8 years, and was feeling restless. I Googled all variations of “what to do with a master’s in education outside the classroom” I could think of. My husband and I went […]