ExplorSchool Teacher Bios
MITY’s ExplorSchool teachers are experienced educators who enjoy working with middle school students. They understand the importance of keeping young people’s natural curiosity alive and design interesting activities that require critical thinking and collaborative problem-solving. Most importantly, they spend time making sure that every student feels empowered to be their true selves and enjoy being a part of the MITY family.
"Working at MITY has reignited my passion for teaching." - 2023 instructor
Angela Larson
Angela has been teaching for 13 years in a variety of roles. She has taught Life Science, Earth ...
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Angie Bibro
Angie has been teaching for twenty five years. She has taught all grades 1-8 at one time or ...
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Beth Wakefield
Beth Wakefield holds a B.S. and M. Ed. in Education from the University of Minnesota. She has been ...
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Casey Moerer
Casey is a debate coach at Macalester College, teaching Ethics Bowl, Bioethics Bowl, and Policy Debate. She is ...
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Clarice Jorenby
Clarice has had the good fortune to have been teaching students chemistry for nearly twenty-five years in California ...
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CSGA Enrichment
CSGA Enrichment provides before & after school enrichment activities for all ages. We also provide workshops and activities ...
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David Olson
David has been teaching ceramics to artists of all ages for 15 years. He holds a B.F.A. in ...
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Elizabeth Barnard (E.B.)
E.B. did her undergraduate studies in anthropology and has a master's degree in education. She has a background ...
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Elizabeth Genskow
Elizabeth has been teaching chemistry at Centennial High School for 15 years. She has taught General Chemistry to juniors ...
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Hawken Paul
Hawken Paul earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Violin Performance from St. Olaf College, where he performed ...
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Jeff Bullard
Jeff was inspired to become a teacher when he saw the first picture of Earth in space taken ...
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Jesse Maloney
Jesse has been a middle school science teacher for the past 17 years. He believes that learning is ...
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Jessica Jones
Leadership and advocacy have been central to my teaching career since I embarked on my journey as an ...
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Jim Tisel
Jim has been teaching and coaching for over 40 years, including two decades teaching abroad in Germany, the ...
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John McCaffrey
John teaches interactive design and animation at Hennepin Technical College. He has been working in art, design, and ...
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Juliana Brandt
Juliana is an author and elementary teacher with a passion for storytelling that guides her in both of ...
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Molly Hammel
Molly holds a BA in Elementary and Middle School Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and ...
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Nicole Hoiland
Nicole has taught art for the last twenty years. She holds an MA in Drawing and an MFA ...
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Sam Graf
In his work as a Middle School Math Teacher and Math Team Coach, Sam delights in mathematical discovery ...
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Sarah Geppert
Sarah loves to learn and is incurably curious. She currently teaches Spanish, technology, and mathematics at Frassati Catholic ...
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Tech Academy
Formerly Computer Explorers, Tech Academy has been enriching Minnesota’s children with research-based Technology and Science classes and camps ...
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Tim Larson
Tim holds a BA in Elementary Education with a Minor in Chemistry from the University of WI-Eau Claire. ...
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Tom Rodefeld
Tom teaches social studies and coaches hockey, volleyball and track at Irondale High School in Mounds View. He ...
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Urban Boatbuilders
Founded in 1995, Urban Boatbuilders’s mission is to empower youth to succeed in work and life through woodworking ...
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Valerie Wise
Valerie is an art teacher in the Mounds View School District. She loves to travel with her family, ...
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Zach Prax
Zach currently teaches Advanced Placement Psychology and World History at Eastview High School and has taught almost every ...
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