Here are some educators that I find inspiring.
Joan Young
Joan Young is a teacher and therapeutic coach with 10 years experience teaching Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 4 and 25 years experience tutoring students of all ages. She works and teaches in Northern California. She is the author of the book Encouragement in the Classroom: How do I help students stay positive and focused? As an educator, her passion is helping students discover their strengths and become excited about learning. She works one on one with students who struggle with learning due to a variety of different needs and abilities. She is an inspiring leader in 21st century teaching because of her efforts to help individual students figure out how to learn in their own way, despite any different needs they might have.
Twitter: @flourishingkids
Blog: http://www.allkidscanflourish.blogspot.com/Sabrina Stevens
Sabrina Stevens is a former Grade 4 teacher who began teaching because she was passionate about helping students of colour living in poverty become powerful members of society. After some experience teaching, she left the classroom to become an education activist. Now she teaches and learns with people of all ages (teachers, students, communities) to stand up for themselves and their schools. She also speaks regularly about public education, labour, democracy, and other issues. She is an inspiring leader in 21st century teaching and learning because she works to empower people and communities in an effort to encourage people to get their best possible education.
Twitter: @TeacherSabrina
Website: http://www.sabrinajoystevens.com/Shannon Miller
Shannon Miller is a teacher librarian and Technology Integration Specialist who uses social media to share resources for teachers and librarians and ways to integrate technology. She encourages students and teachers to have a voice while learning and connecting to others globally. Shannon has many different roles, including educational consultant for Mackin Educational Resources, Skype’s Education Ambassador, speaking and consulting around the US, author of The Library Voice blog, and much more. She is an inspiring leader in 21st century teaching and learning because she advocates for each student having a voice in their learning, using technology as part of the learning process, and connecting globally, which are all important aspects of learning in the 21st century. She also finds and shares practical ways to accomplish these new ways of learning.
Twitter: @shannonmiller
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