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Molly's journey as a college student was varied and took her to several different colleges, small and large. Her experiences and class selections, such as women's studies and Ojibwe language, led her to understand she wanted to be a lifelong learner, so she became a teacher. She has now taught as a Special Eduction teacher in Bayfield for 4 years.

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Started as a teacher in a later season. Loved the adult education opportunity at WITC but currently teaches special ed math specialties.

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Started as a special ed teacher then director of special ed then came to the northwoods  to be with family director of special ed in Hayward wi

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Knew he always wanted to work with children just didn’t know in which capacity. After a few years knew he wanted to give back to his community of LCO and was hire as home school coordinator for the Hayward School District.

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Teaching 21 years
Mom was a teacher
Grandma wanted to be
Love watching kids succeed and come to school

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Started as a sped para in Hayward. Move to being ELA and civic at AMS.

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Father of 4, community member, and tribal member of Red Cliff spent time as paraprofessional and left for a year. Got back into education because he wanted to teach and empower his tribal students.

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Both Anne and Jake had experiences in school that made them want to step in and create some change. Anne is a Home-School Coordinator in Bayfield and Jake is a Middle School Principal in Ashland.

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Julia’s Story

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No plans to be a teacher. Wanted to play sports and was s teacher college. Feels better admin than teacher. Likes to have an impact in people.

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He was going to go into the National Guard, but ended up enrolling at UWS. He spent 11 years teaching physical education. Challenging himself, he went into administration and has been a high school principal for two years

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As a young child did not realize success in school. Had a teacher believe in me which took me out of the blackbirds in the bluebirds. I wanted to continue that impact.

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Kathy has been drawn to education since a young age. She taught her 4 siblings at home and was the go to person for those with challenges. This “calling” led her to become a special education teacher

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Sara was a social worker with CPS. She is now a good guy working with families. She comes to the schools and listens to what a student has to say without judging but with guidance. She is the emotional support for many of our students.

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Attended UMD to start with pre med, but changed into teaching.
Started teaching in Duluth.
Has been at LCO since 2001 in many subjects in the elementary school. Currently is the math coach and data coordinator.

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Theresa Poole and I have similar journeys in our teaching career. We both came into full time teaching later in life after other opportunities. She has a music education background and used this in different capacities while moving with her husband’s ministry. She has worked with students in Christian schools and had owned her own business for over 10 years. Theresa relocated back to Hayward in June of 2018 and is now the music, foods and family consumer education at LCO School District.

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My thing is, I handle some rough kids but everyday is a new day. How did you get to this point? Taking time with kids to connect with kids, making connections with kids and they know you care about them. It’s little things like that, success that keeps me coming back to work.