She’s been educating students in Adel and nearby rural districts for more than 30 years. She began her career as a classroom aide and paraeducator before completing an education degree online and becoming a fully certified teacher. For the past few years, she’s served as Adel’s sole teacher, combining all grades in a single classroom. Her students return to her year after year through eighth grade. After that they transfer to another nearby district to attend high school.
But just how much can one teacher and a handful of students accomplish together? As it turns out, quite a lot! Stacey makes sure her students are fully engaged in learning, even outside the four walls of the classroom. Her units might take them to places as diverse as a theatre performance in Ashland or a cattle feedlot in Idaho. And yet Stacey finds a way to relate these lessons to each student’s experience or interests.
Stacey’s outstanding efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. She was recently named an Oregon Regional Teacher of the Year.
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