Ep 198: Thriving as a Department of One: A STEM Teacher's Survival Guide
What do you do when you are the entire department? In this episode, Dr. Beth sits down with Nicole Heaver, a STEM teacher at a fifth and sixth grade intermediate school in Ottawa, Illinois, who has spent the last seven years doing exactly that — building a program from the ground up, leading a virtual reality lab, and coaching a cross country team, all while navigating the unique challenges of working completely on her own.
Nicole shares her journey from nearly two decades of deeply collaborative teaching to a role where there is no team down the hall, no shared lesson planning, and no one…
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