2022 August

Educator Spotlight: Veronica Garcia-Martinez, DeKalb Community School District

Lindsay Eanet2022-08-22T17:40:26-05:00

Over the past few weeks, the IRC has asked members of our community to nominate Illinois teachers working with multicultural, multilingual students who are going above and beyond, and now, we’re celebrating them and highlighting their work. Keep an eye out for these features in the coming months – and if you’d like to nominate someone, email leanet@cntrmail.org. Next up is Veronica Garcia-Martinez, a fifth grade teacher in DeKalb Community School District 428. Says AJ Crook, who nominated her: “Veronica took over for a fifth grade one way dual language teacher who quit in October. Veronica has really focused on developing our students' [...]

Educator Spotlight: Julie McGovern, La Grange District 105

2022-08-08T15:41:08-05:00

Over the past few weeks, the IRC has asked members of our community to nominate Illinois teachers working with multicultural, multilingual students who are going above and beyond, and now, we’re celebrating them and highlighting their work. Keep an eye out for these features in the coming months – and if you’d like to nominate someone, email leanet@cntrmail.org. Next up is Julie McGovern, an English Language Arts teacher at Gurrie Middle School in La Grange. Says Jane Falvey, who nominated her: “The most inclusive, equitable, and creative educator is Dr. Julie McGovern. She is an 8th grade English Language Arts teacher at Gurrie [...]