BADGE Educators

013 Vulnerability and Character with Dr. Jonathan McKnight

Dr. Jonathan McKnight is a speech and language teacher in the Myrtle Beach area of South Carolina who works with students with difficulties in speech and language. He makes a powerful connection with them by sharing his own struggles and experiences and then helps build students with strong character through that connection. If you or someone you know has done some Brave And Daringly Great Experiments in the classroom, please share it with us at badgeeducators@gmail.com.

012 Real World Experiences with Jennifer Hower

Jennifer Hower is a teacher in Boise, Idaho, who helps students as a resource teacher in the public school system. She has had experience in high school and middle school and has allowed students to see opportunities beyond the school's walls. If you or someone you know is doing Brave And Daringly Great Experiments in the classroom, please share these BADGE Educator experiences with badgeeducators@gmail.com.

011 Standing on Tables with Keisha Colvin

Keisha Colvin is a first-grade teacher in Jamestown, North Carolina who finds creative ways to make an impact on her students. While she started out in the financial world, she has found her passion and calling as a teacher, and every day she is looking for ways to translate educational objectives into a format her students can grasp. If you or someone you know has tried something brave in the classroom and it has worked well, send a message to badgeeducators@gmail.com.

010 Read Alouds in Middle School with Anna Maschke

Anna Maschke is a middle school language arts teacher in Carson City, Nevada, who reads novels to her students even as they are becoming teenagers. Anna shares about the sense of community and power of story and how she can help her students to be more aware of their world and "not be jerks" after they leave her classroom. :-) If you or someone you know is doing brave and daringly great experiments in the classroom as an educator, you can nominate them to share on an upcoming podcast by sending a message to badgeeducators@gmail.com.

009 Impacting Young Adults, Not Kidding Around with Gregory "Mitch" Mitchell

Mitch is a middle school social studies teacher in the Myrtle Beach area of South Carolina. While teaching this content is important to him, he also has a heart for helping his students grow into young adults by teaching them important life skills that will make an impact on them for years to come. If you would like to nominate yourself or someone you know as a Brave And Daringly Great Educator, please send it to badgeeducators@gmail.com.