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KURT DAGER – LEO ELEMENTARY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade teaching: 6th Grade<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education: Master\u2019s in Elementary Education Years of teaching: 25 Years<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite teaching memory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have so many great teaching memories because of all of the students I have been fortunate to have taught. One of my favorite memories is when I went back to the classroom and joined Mr. Diehl at Leo Elementary in the High-Performance Teaming classrooms. We had talked about the concept when we were both working with the technology department, and it has been an amazing experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interesting fact about yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had never been on an airplane until I turned 18……and the first time I rode in a plane I had to jump out of it from 12,000 ft. (Skydiving was my first experience on an airplane).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DEREK BETHAY – EAST ALLEN UNIVERSITY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subjects teaching: World History, U.S. History, U.S. Government Education: Indiana Wesleyan University B.S. Psychology 1996,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indiana Wesleyan University, Transition to Teaching 2009 Years of teaching: 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite teaching memory: I received a note from a student a few years ago that said, \u201cThank you for noticing when I wasn\u2019t okay. Because of you, I\u2019ve gotten a lot better. I still have a long way to go, but I know there is someone who cares. :-)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best note I\u2019ve ever been given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interesting fact about yourself: I was the 1996 Senior of the Year at Indiana Wesleyan University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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