REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION 9

After five years in the principal’s office at Champaign’s Jefferson Middle School, JESSE GUZMAN is a few weeks into Year 2 leading Urbana High — “and loving every minute of it,”...

CHAMPAIGN — Growing up, Matt Jahnke loved sports and also knew he wanted to work with kids, just like his mother, who was a teacher. Naturally, he chose to become a physical educa...

As an elementary school student, Katie Currie joined a program for kids who hoped to become teachers one day. Now, the daughter of two teachers is beginning her third year at Kenw...

The Executive Council of the Association of Educational Service Agencies (AESA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 National Awards, celebrating outstanding contri...

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That Karry Burson gravitated to a career in education was no surprise after growing up the granddaughter of two teachers in Pekin. Burson has spent the last eight years of her 25...

Sarah Iehl was placed at Dr. Howard Elementary in Champaign as a student teacher while attending the University of Illinois. A quarter-century later, the Collinsville native is st...

CHAMPAIGN — For some who signed contracts with the Unit 4 School District on Wednesday, 2024 will be their first year teaching. For others, it will be their first year in the Unit...

CHAMPAIGN — A Rantoul Township High School reunion is bringing Ken Jacobs back into town, but he added one more thing to his agenda: a visit to Parkland College’s Staerkel Planeta...

As a high-schooler, Esther Im admits, she gave up on math before she was set to take calculus, a decision she’d come to regret. For the first 15 years of her career, Im taught mu...

In Les Kutz’s first year at Dr. Williams Elementary, the University of Illinois graduate changed the way art was taught at the Urbana school. Kutz allowed students to sign up for...

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In her 16th year at Stratton Academy of the Arts, Jeralyn Goodfellow-Vargas’s role goes far beyond her title of instructional coach. The winner of a Shining Star Award from the C...

When Aby Olson was 16, she loved coaching younger kids on her local swim team and teaching swim lessons in Rockford. Still, she didn’t decide to make teaching her career until her...

After graduating from college in 2021, Kellie Clinton took on the role of librarian at Westview Elementary in Champaign, and while she sees her role as fostering a love for readin...

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Jon Kelly, former Fisher High School Principal, began his new position as Assistant Regional Superintendent on July 1, replacing the retiring Donna Kaufman. Kelly joins the ROE a...

Growing up the son of two lifelong educators, SCOTT WOODS had an inkling early on that he’d also pursue a career in the family business. “But I never saw myself doing anything b...

HOMER — Don’t worry about Tom Davis having something to do when he retires at the end of June as Heritage school district superintendent. It sounds like he has plenty scheduled. ...

For the last 13 years, Nick Schulze has worked to help Unit 4 students develop enthusiasm for music, first at the district’s two high schools and now at Franklin STEAM Academy, wh...