Excellent teachers get to know each of their students on a personal level, identifying their strengths and building upon them to make those students successful members of society.”
Beverly’s Story
Beverly Stuckwisch wanted to be a teacher for as long as she can remember: At six years old, she set up a classroom in her living room where she taught her little sister about the planets. She was fascinated with science and math throughout school, but it was her high school chemistry teacher who helped Beverly realize her passion for chemistry. “She was able to take a subject often thought of as difficult and boring and make it fun, interesting, and relevant!” As an undergraduate, Beverly explored other career options but kept coming back to teaching. “When I started in the teacher education program at Michigan State University (MSU) and got in the classroom, I knew that my first instinct had been right all along.”
Each year of her career has only further solidified that she made the right choice. Beverly has since taught a variety of both chemistry and math courses, and currently teaches and serves as the math department chair at Dublin Coffman High School in Dublin, Ohio. She prioritizes student voice and choice in her classroom and strives to collaborate with both colleagues and students to ensure her classes are fun and relevant to students. Her pedagogy is largely based on the pillars of Building Thinking Classrooms and Complex Instruction.
Beverly also has a passion for elevating teacher voices in the public discourse about education. To that end, she serves as an Editor in Chief for Kaleidoscope: Educator Voices & Perspectives, and has led several local professional development sessions about teacher writing.