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School of Education Newsletter, Volume 2, issue 2

Update from the Dean

Dean Endo

Dear Friends of the School of Education,

I hope everyone has been able to preserve as much energy and joy as possible over the past several months during these challenging and uncertain times.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been massively disruptive to our systems, requiring our entire world to radically rethink our everyday mindsets and practices. Even matters we have long taken for granted such as allowing children to freely play on school playgrounds to sharing everything from our favorite books and foods are now luxuries of the past. The pandemic has also been disproportionately impacting several communities in greatest need due to longstanding disparities in our educational, financial, and healthcare systems. 

In recent days, the horrific and unjust killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, along with other acts of racialized violence against African American women and men across the nation, has galvanized mass protests across the world including here in Tacoma. Citizens of all backgrounds are continuing to call attention to the centuries-long accumulation of racialized violence against African Americans, rightfully demanding long-overdue accountability and justice for all and not just some.  

During these extraordinarily challenging times, the faculty, staff, and students in the School of Education have demonstrated exceptional compassion, grace, and leadership. I thank everyone for stepping up to put people and safety first. I thank the School of Education faculty for continuing to have courageous conversations about racial justice and for using their scholarly knowledge to raise awareness of longstanding issues that demand our collective and individual attention.

In this edition of our E3 newsletter, we will highlight the many accomplishments of alumni, faculty, staff, and students in the School of Education, along with sharing other key initiatives and updates in our programs. Among other news, I am delighted to share that Associate Professor and Director of our Teacher Certification Programs, Dr. Julia Aguirre, was awarded promotion in faculty rank by UW to Full Professor effective autumn 2020 quarter. Dr. Aguirre is the first Latina faculty in the history of UW Tacoma to earn this highest faculty rank. Ed.D. Director and Associate Professor Dr. Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn (who also was recently named as our school’s Director of Indigenous Education Initiatives) recently launched a unique partnership with Muckleshoot Tribal College and other tribal communities in the state. Due to her excellent leadership, the School of Education will offer an Indigenous-focused Ed.D. cohort this summer 2020. I am also pleased to announce that we plan to welcome over 125 new students to our various programs in the 2020-2021 academic year.

I end by thanking all of our community and school partners for putting the safety and well-being of our community first, as well as for their tireless commitment to serving those in greatest need. Together, we will continue to think of innovative ways to close the digital divide and other persistence equity gaps that are being exacerbated by the pandemic, as well as insist on massive and new investments in our social institutions to address some of the most pressing and urgent issues of our times.

I look forward to connecting with you soon. Please take care of yourself and your loved ones.

Respectfully Yours,

Rachel Endo
Dean and Professor, School of Education

Special thanks to Brian Anderson, Joy Okot-Okidi, and Cindy Valerio putting together this edition of our E3 newsletter. 

Ed.D Program Updates & New Partnership with Muckleshoot 

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By: Dr. Robin Starr Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn

The Ed.D program is happy to announce that we accepted 23 new doctoral students for our fourth cohort. The fourth cohort will start with us this summer 2020. We are excited about the opportunity to welcome this new group of doctoral students into the School of Education and at UW Tacoma. 

We are also excited and honored to announce a tribal partnership between the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and the UW Tacoma School of Education. This tribal-university partnership has begun with a Muckleshoot tribal-based doctoral cohort. The unique part of this doctoral cohort is that it has an Indigenous-based approach to the curriculum and entire program. We have intentionally recruited Indigenous instructors and individuals who have worked effectively and respectfully in and with tribal communities. The cohort started in summer 2020 with 15 new students. We are excited about this tribal partnership and cohort that centers place and honors tribal sovereignty and welcome all new students to UW Tacoma. Special thanks to UW Tacoma’s Center for Equity & Inclusion, especially Dr. James McShay, for supporting this partnership. 

Finally, Dr. Minthorn has a new role within the School of Education as the Director of Indigenous Education Initiatives. This role is to honor the importance of working with Indigenous communities in the State of Washington and particularly in the Puget Sound area. This role also centers and honors the work that has been started with the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe with hopes of building more partnerships and reciprocal relationships with other tribal nations.

Dr. Julia Aguirre Promoted to Full Professor

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Dr. Julia Maria Aguirre is being promoted to full professor, effective September 2020. Dr. Aguirre is the first Latina faculty to hold this rank in the history of our campus. She arrived at UW Tacoma in September 2007 as an assistant professor. She was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2013. Her scholarship focuses on mathematics teacher education, equity studies in mathematics education, and culturally responsive pedagogies. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and Spencer Foundation. In summer 2019, she was appointed as Inaugural Faculty Director of our Teacher Certification Programs. Dr. Aguirre notes, “I am honored to work in the School of Education and helping make UW Tacoma a vibrant place for its students, staff, faculty, and our community partners."

 

Collaborative Student-Faculty Research Paper Published

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Professor Christopher Knaus and Crystal Kennemer wrote a research paper titled “Towards Compassionate Care: A Critical Race Analysis of Teaching in Township Schools” that was recently published in December 2019 in a South African academic journal. Kennermer is an alumni from the School of Education’s Education and Community Engagement Minor Program. The full article is available here.

The article presents findings from a critical race theory-informed qualitative study of three teachers in a township secondary school outside of Cape Town, South Africa. Based on a series of interviews conducted throughout the school day, this study demonstrates how teachers intentionally empower learners to navigate school infrastructures that reinforce racial disparities. Findings center a commitment to empowering instructional strategies, including code-switching and an ethic of compassionate care for learners of color navigating resource-poor schools. The article concludes by arguing for immediate attention to remedying historic racialized disparities, fostering code-switching as intentional instructional approaches, and considering an ethic of care that helps learners navigate the daily conditions of township life.

 

Student Highlight: Yeo Lee ASUWTED Service Project

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Yeo Lee is the Student Education Senator at UW Tacoma. Currently she is working on her Legacy project to be implemented beginning in autumn 2020. The project focuses on helping “future educators become more grounded in being a leader and also bringing a full holistic learning environment for their students,” said Lee. A safe space will be created in the form of a workshop where students can “explore their identity, leadership style (servant leadership), and raise cultural awareness,” held biweekly throughout the academic year. 

All students of various majors will be encouraged to attend to explore what it would be like to become educators. Additionally, the project has been fully endorsed by the School of Education faculty and staff, who look forward to supporting Lee’s Legacy Project. 

 

Alumni Highlight: Moniqua Scott

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Our Teacher Certification Program (TCP) is highlighting program alumna Moniqua Scott. Scott is currently a second-grade teacher for Tacoma Public Schools. She received her undergraduate degree from UW Tacoma in 2015 before completing her teacher certification in 2016 and then her master’s degree in 2017.

As a driven and hardworking student, she applied to UW Tacoma’s Teacher Certification Program as her top choice. Scott says, “I feel that I was equipped to be able to handle anything that was going to come my way. The mentorship here was different than other first-year teachers.”

UW Tacoma’s Teacher Certification Program and sense of community equipped Scott to fully be prepared for her career as an educator: “Community can be the difference in whether you succeed or you don’t.”

School of Education’s 2020-2021 Scholarship Award Recipients

Congratulations to all of our students who are the recipients of 2020-2021 scholarships! 

Patti Banks Endowed Fellowship Award

This scholarship offers funding to graduate students admitted to the Educational Administration Certificate Program to obtain a Principal or Program Administrator certificate. The scholarship award recipient for 2020-2021 year is:

  • Kelsey May

Henry T. Schatz Math or Science Education Fellowship

Scholarships are awarded to graduate students admitted into our Secondary Math or Science Teacher Certification Program to obtain an initial teaching certification to honor the memory of longtime community leader Henry Schatz, who passed away on October 16, 2019. There were four student awards this year for 2020-2021:

  • Mikaela Adkins
  • Audrey Collen
  • Jessica Hansen
  • Megan Jacobsen

Douglas & Belinda Louie Fellowship

This fellowship is awarded to graduate students admitted into our Teacher Certification Program to obtain an initial teaching certification. This fellowship is possible due to the generous support of UW Tacoma Founding Faculty of Education Dr. Belinda Louie and her husband Dr. Douglas Louie. The award recipient for this year in 2020-2021 is:

  • Abigail Roque Gaspar

Educational Administration Program Honors Distinguished Mentor

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A vital component of any effective leadership preparation program is a successful internship. Practical, authentic, on the job,  learning is essential, and the best internships are characterized by a strong mentor—mentee relationship. This means that successful internships involve experienced administrators who are savvy about mentoring, and committed to helping develop strong school and district leaders.

Each year, the Educational Administration Program honors an accomplished mentor with the Dr. Rich Knuth Distinguished Mentor Award, named for the program’s first director. This year’s award went to Dr. Wade Barringer (center), the Executive Director of Learning Improvement in the Kent School District, and former principal of Kent Meridian High School, where he mentored sixteen interns. Dr. Barringer was nominated by Kent administrator, and Ed Admin Program graduate, Amrinder Bains, who said of Barringer:

“(He is)... an inspirational, servant leader with a successful record of developing and empowering educators that have a passion for serving their staff, students, families, and community.”  “This leader provides hands on and authentic opportunities to help interns develop and demonstrate their leadership. These opportunities ranged from leading data dialogues and professional development, developing a building master schedule, collaborating on budget work, leading parent engagement nights, managing and supervising credit recovery, and assisting in student supervision.”

We congratulate Dr. Barringer and extend our appreciation for supporting leadership development in the region!

M.Ed. Students Attend NWPBIS Conference

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In February 2020, the School of Education’s M.Ed. graduate students who were enrolled in Professor Laura Feuerborn’s Structuring the Classroom for Success course (TEDSP/UC 542) attended the Northwest Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (NWPBIS) conference held at the Tacoma Convention Center.

While some graduate students participated as attendees-only, others signed up as volunteers for NWPBIS. These graduate students engaged with the NWPBIS executive board, served as room proctors, assisted with set-up, and helped answer questions from attendees.

Following the conference, students shared their learnings and resources with others in the class and in their own schools. We all agreed that it was time well spent. Most well-received topics centered on enhancing mental health supports and social-emotional learning, trauma-informed discipline practices, and equity and inclusion.

Dr. Feuerborn, along with M.Ed. Student Mari Meador (who is also a Whole Child Coach working with the Office of Community Partnerships at UW tacoma and Tacoma Public Schools), and Kristi Greenaway (Tacoma Public Schools Whole Child Coach), presented a workshop at the conference. They collaborated with other coaches and leaders from the Vancouver School District to present Creating culturally informed practices in secondary schools: Integrating PBIS and SEL. The room was so full that the M.Ed. proctor needed to turn people away at the door due to fire code!

It was a successful experience for all. We all look forward to more experiences like this one. Thank you, Dean Endo and the School of Education, for supporting this community-engaged professional experience.

SOE Faculty & Staff Accomplishments


Julia M. Aguirre, Director of Teacher Certification Programs & Associate Professor

PUBLICATION:

  • Turner, E.E., Bartell, T.G., Drake, C., Foote, M.Q., Roth McDuffie, A., & Aguirre, J.M. (2020) Prospective teachers learning to connect multiple mathematical knowledge bases across multiple contexts. In G.M. Lloyd & O. Chapman (Eds.). International handbook of mathematics teacher education: Volume 3 Participants in mathematics teacher education, Second Edition (pp. 289-320). Boston, MA: Brill.

GRANT:

  • Aguirre, J.M. (2020-2024). Advancing equity and strengthening teaching with elementary mathematical modeling (EQ-STEMM). Funded through the National Science Foundation. Discovery Research PreK12. Collaborative project with four universities. (Co-PIs Drs. Erin Turner, University of Arizona; Jennifer Suh, George Mason University; Mary Alice Carlson, Montana State University). 2020-2024. UW Tacoma subaward: $577,122.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS:

  • Aguirre, J.M. (2019) Build bridges not walls: Elevating our vision for math strong children and youth. Keynote Speaker.Northwest Mathematics Conference. Tacoma, WA. 
  • Aguirre, J.M. (2020) Mathematical modeling: A critical lever for equity in K-12 mathematics education. Keynote Speaker. Annual Leadership Seminar. Teacher Development Group. Portland, OR. March, 2020.

Kathleen Beaudoin, Associate Professor

PRESENTATION:

  • Beaudoin, K., & Feuerborn, L., & Tyre, A. (2019). A New PBIS tool for middle and high schools: The student perceptions of behavior and discipline(StPBD). Teacher Educators for Children with Behavioral Disorders Conference, Tempe, AZ.

Kawena Begay, Assistant Professor

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION:

  • Begay, K.K., Otero, T., McClain-Verdoes, M., Gabrielsen, T., & Harris, B. (February, 2020). Identifying autism in schools: Meeting underserved, diverse population needs. Mini-skills presentation at the National Association of School Psychologists Convention 2020, Baltimore, MD.

Gordon Brobbey, Assistant Professor

PUBLICATION:

  • Kumi-Yeboah, A., Brobbey, G, & Smith, P. (2020). Exploring the factors that facilitate acculturation strategies and academic success of West African immigrant youth in urban schools. Education and Urban Society, 52(1) 21-50. 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

  • Ramlakhan, K. & Brobbey, G. (2020). Culturally diverse students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms: Strategies for success. Council for Exceptional Children 2020 Convention & Expo, Portland, OR. 
  • Brobbey, G. & Cranston-Gingras, A. (2020). The Special Education Teacher Evaluation Conundrum: Examining the Perceptions of Special Education Teachers. Preparing and Retaining Transformative Special Education Teachers. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (paper accepted- conference cancelled due to COVID-19)

Rachel Endo, Dean & Professor

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Endo, R. (Ed.). (2020). Experiences of racialization in predominantly White institutions: Critical reflections on inclusion in U.S. colleges and schools of education (Research in Educational Equality & Diversity Series). New York, NY/Abington, UK: Routledge.   
  • Endo, R. (2019). Male of color refugee teachers on being un/desirable bodies of difference in education. Equity & Excellence in Education, 52(4), 448-464.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION: 

  • Endo, R. (04/2020). Male of color refugee teachers on being un/desirable bodies of difference in education. Paper session sponsored by the Committee for Scholars of Color in Education for session Perspectives on teachers, students, and schooling processes. American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA (paper accepted- conference cancelled due to COVID-19).

COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS:

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    Endo was part of a community panel for an event co-sponsored by KBTC and UW Tacoma’s Office of Equity & Inclusion on May 14, 2020 for the launch of PBS’s new five-part documentary titled Asian Americans as part of the campus’s celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. The panelists discussed the experiences, histories, and identities of Asian Americans with connections to the recent rise of anti-Asian and anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. This event was also featured in The News Tribune: https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article242690536.html
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    Endo was part of a community panel titled "Never Again: Reflections on the Mass Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II" on January 27, 2020 at Highline College for the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) King County Big Reads event series. During the panel, Endo drew from her recent books titled The Incarceration of Japanese Americans: Literature for the High School Classroom to explore the challenges and possibilities of discussing this historical event in K-12 classrooms and in community spaces. 

AWARD:

PODCAST:

  • June 04, 2020 - Endo was featured in a recent Paw’d Defiance podcast with UW Tacoma’s Eric Edge-Wilson titled “Taking About the Hard Stuff.” This podcast focuses on the rise of anti-Asian sentiment against Asian and Asian American individuals in light of the COVID-19 pandemic with insights on the sociohistorical contexts of anti-Asian sentiment in the United States more broadly. The podcast also includes a reflection by UW Tacoma Staff Psychologist Paolo Laraño and insights by UW Tacoma students Melissa Atienza and Joseph Dayonot. Visit this link to hear the full podcast: https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/news/talking-about-hard-stuff

Laura Feuerborn, Professor

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

  • Beaudoin, K., Feuerborn, L., & Tyre, A. (2019, October). A New PBIS tool for middle and high schools: The student perceptions of behavior and discipline(StPBD). Teacher Educators for Children with Behavioral Disorders Conference. Tempe, AZ.
  • Feuerborn, L., & Gueldner, B. (2019, October). Implementation essentials and meaningful adaptions: Research informing practice.CASEL Exchange Conference. Chicago, IL. 

Chris Knaus, Professor

VISITING APPOINTMENT:

Dr. Knaus was a Visiting Professor, Educational Leadership and Management 2020 University of South Africa during his sabbatical this 2019-2020 academic year. 

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Kennemer**, C., & Knaus, C.B. (2019). Towards compassionate care: A critical race analysis of teaching in township schools. Education as Change, 23, 1-21.
  • Rogers-Ard, R.L., & Knaus, C.B. (in press). Black educational leadership: From silencing to authenticity. New York, NY: Routledge.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS: 

  • Knaus, C.B., Hayes, N., Mosby, J., & Evans-Winters, V. (2019). Challenging institutional oppression from within: Collective balance, authenticity, & critical love. 9th International Conference on Education & Social Justice, Honolulu, HI.
  • Knaus, C.B., **Smith, M. P., *Wilson, K., *Griffin, E., & Hoffman, J. (2019). I will not shut up and dribble: Black athletes, exploitation, and blunts. 9th International Conference on Education & Social Justice, Honolulu, HI.
  • Knaus, C.B., **Ali, S., **Mohamud, L., **Garcia-Stubbs, D., & **Johnson, K. (2019). Trauma, educational exclusions, and survival: Examining global student experience and resilience. Presented to the Academic Development Symposium, University of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Knaus, C.B., Webster*, T.C., & Montgomery, M. (2019). Hostility, trauma, and critical race theory: Nourishing resistant voices in colonial spaces. Presented to the annual meeting of the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, Portland, OR.
  • Benitez, M., Shannon, C., Montgomery, M.R., Knaus, C.B., & Jones, N. R. (2019). Excavating multiracialities: Digging through contemporary dilemmas of epistemic and experiential violence in multiracial identity formations. Presented to the annual meeting of the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, Portland, OR.
  • Knaus, C.B., Bennet, J., & Graham, T.M. (2019). Racial equity in the United States: Improving Educational outcomes in schools and society. Presented to the World Congress of Comparative Education Societies: The Future of Education Convening, Cancun, MX.
  • Knaus, C.B., & Chetty, R. (2019). Whiteness, oppression and the decolonization of schooling. Presented to the World Congress of Comparative Education Societies: The Future of Education Convening, Cancun, MX.

Belinda Louie, Professor & Director of Project TELL

PUBLICATION:

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION:

  • Louie, B., & Sierschynski, J. (2019). Reading strategies for English language learners: Studying three Arabic-speaking mothers’ interaction with award-winning books in English and Arabic to develop culturally responsive reading strategies for Arabic-speaking English language learners.” Poster presentation at the National Professional Development Grant Directors’ Meeting Washington, DC.

Robin Minthorn, Associate Professor, Director of Ed.D. Program & Indigenous Education Initiatives

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Minthorn, R.Z. (2020). Indigenous students in higher education in the United States. Oxford Bibliographies in Education. Oxford University Press. 
  • Minthorn, R.Z. (2020). Indigenizing the doctoral experience to build Indigenous community leaders in educational leadership. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 23(1), 61-66.
  • Minthorn, R.Z., & Shotton, H. (2019). Indigenous women’s approaches to educational leadership: Creating space for Indigenous women in education. International Journal of Human Rights in Education, 3(6), 1-29.
  • Martinez, G., Belone, L., Minthorn, R.Z., & Sims, C. (2019). Indigenous research perspectives: A historical overview of sovereignty in the State of New Mexico and implications for working with schools and community. Journal of American Indian Education (JAIE), 58(1-2), 108-123.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

  • Martinez, G., Minthorn, R.Z., Belone, L., Secatero, S., Sims, C., & Werito. V. (2019). Reciprocity in action: Reporting back and implementing change for Indigenous education in New Mexico. National Indian Education Association, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Martinez, G., Belone, L., Secatero, S., Werito, V., Sims, C., Flowerday, T., & Minthorn, R.Z.. (2020). Grounding the academy with Indigenous perspectives in New Mexico: responsibility and reciprocity. American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. (Paper accepted- conference cancelled due to COVID-19).

BLOG/PODCAST/INTERVIEWS:

M. Billye Sankofa Waters, Assistant Professor

PUBLICATION: 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION:

  • Sankofa Waters, M.B. (2019). Who sent for you: Reflexivity, and reciprocity in social justice praxis. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Education and Social Justice, Honolulu, HI.

COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS:

  • Sankofa Waters, M.B. (2020). Re-imagining balance and educational possibilities in the time of COVID-19. Invited talk for The University Community Service Center and Career Advancement at The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
  • Sankofa Waters, M.B. (2020). Unapologetic navigation: Moving through spaces with our whole selves. Invited lecture conducted for the 3rd Annual Lecture Series But Some of Us Are Brave: Narratives of scholarship, resistance, and activism by Women/Womxn of Color. The African American Studies Program and The Race and Pedagogy Institute (RPI) at The University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA.
  • Sankofa Waters, M.B. (2020). Exploring The Lauryn Hill Reader. Invited lecture conducted for the Cultural Studies in Urban Education course, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Sankofa Waters, M.B. (2020). Rebellious identities: Leveraging self toward action and solidarity. Washington State University 16th Annual Globalization, Diversity, and Education Conference Keynote address, Northern Quest Resort. Airway Heights, WA.

Matthew Weinstein, Professor

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION:

  • Weinstein, M. (2019). Practicing science educators and science ed researches on the Implications of Trump’s STEM policies. Science Educators for Equity, Diversity and Social Justice Conference (October, 2019), Richmond, VA. 

Thank You, School of Education Donors & Supporters

A very special thank you to our School of Education donors this year. We appreciate your ongoing support to our mission and students.

General Support to the School of Education Mission and Activities:

  • Richard Knuth & Patricia Banks
  • Joseph & Patricia Belmonte
  • Julie & John Dorsey III
  • William Johnson
  • Terry & Betty Lauritzen
  • Diane Lewis
  • Mary & H. Donald McClellan
  • Laryssa Morehead
  • Gerald Pumphrey
  • Tracy Stearns-Church

Ongoing Endowments:

  • Richard Knuth & Patricia Banks - Patti Banks Endowed Fellowship
  • Robert Howard (D) - Robert W. Howard Endowed Fund for Education at UW Tacoma
  • Douglas & Belinda Louie - Douglas and Belinda Louie Endowed Fellowship
  • Henry Schatz (D) - Henry T. Schatz Endowed Math and Science Education Fellowship

Recognizing Our 2019-2020 Mentor Teacher Partners

Thank you to all our amazing Mentor Teachers who give the gift of time and wisdom to our teacher certification candidates. Each of you play an important and critical role in their development as teachers. We look forward to working with you again next year and beyond

Last Name 

First Name

School 

School District

Bulent

Avci

Todd Beamer High School

Federal Way 

Kim

Blatt

Edison Elementary

Tacoma

Tammy

Boorn

Harvard Elementary

Franklin Pierce

Val

Brown

First Creek Middle School

Tacoma

Anna

Brown

Midland Elementary

Franklin Pierce

Stacie

Bullinger

Sheridan Elementary

Tacoma

Emily

Costello

Edison Elementary

Tacoma

Kimberly Belle

Cross

Harvard Elementary

Franklin Pierce

Brianna

Dignan

South Kitsap High School

South Kitsap

Jennifer

Dixon

Sheridan Elementary

Tacoma

Jennifer

Fagan

Sheridan Elementary

Tacoma

April

Forsyth

Graham-Kapowsin High School

Bethel

Tracy

Fort

Keithley Middle Schools

Franklin Pierce

Marissa

Foster

Sheridan Elementary

Tacoma

Mary

Godwin-Austen

Hidden Creek Elementary

South Kitsap

Elizabeth

Guerrero

Edison Elementary

Tacoma

Karissa

Huhner

Lakes High School

Clover Park

Melissa

Hungria

Boze Elementary

Tacoma

Kristen

Hunter

Stafford Elementary

Tacoma

Travor

Kagochi

Foss High School

Tacoma

Larry

Kennedy

Camas Prairie Elementary

Bethel

Borie

Kim

Boze Elementary

Tacoma

Debbie

Kirby

Edison Elementary

Tacoma

Rebekah

Kristovich

Midland Elementary

Franklin Pierce

Andrea

Kunkle

Henry Foss High School

Tacoma

Tashi

Langton

Foss High School

Tacoma

Patricia

Leo

Foss High School

Tacoma

Matt

Lonsdale

Science & Math Institute

Tacoma

Maggie

Montiel 

Evergreen Heights Elementary

Auburn

Breann

Mudrick

Sheridan Elementary

Tacoma

Juan

Rodrigez

Federal Way High School

Federal Way 

Iris

Rogers

Blix Elementary

Tacoma

Anastaisha

Salter

Keithley Middle Schools

Franklin Pierce

Nathan

Schreiber

Bethel High School

Bethel

Renee Lynne

Shane

University Place Elementary

University Place

Windy

Sherry

Edison Elementary

Tacoma

Sierra

Skibowski

Sheridan Elementary

Tacoma

Clara

Stewart

Blix Elementary

Tacoma

Cameron

Sume

Graham-Kapowsin High School

Bethel

Suzanne

Symonoski

Blix Elementary

Tacoma

Michael

Szutu

Harvard Elementary

Franklin Pierce

Lisa

Thompson

Stafford Elementary

Tacoma

Allyson

West

Hidden Creek Elementary

South Kitsap

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