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.

Amelia Boulware
Amelia is a writer, editor, teacher, and instructional learning designer. She currently teaches English language arts to middle ...
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Anders is a teacher in the Roseville area school district. He has taught 5th and 6th grade for ...
Read More & View Classes Angela Larson
Angela has been teaching for 13 years in a variety of roles. She has taught Life Science, Earth ...
Read More & View Classes Ann Whiting
In addition to teaching at the Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth, Ann is the performing arts specialist at ...
Read More & View Classes 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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Christina currently teaches visual art at Saint Anthony Middle School. She has worked with students of all ages ...
Read More & View Classes 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 provides before & after school enrichment activities for all ages. We also provide workshops and activities ...
Read More & View Classes David Olson
David has been teaching ceramics to artists of all ages for 15 years. He holds a B.F.A. in ...
Read More & View Classes Elizabeth Barnard (E.B.)
E.B. did her undergraduate studies in anthropology and has a master's degree in education. She has a background ...
Read More & View Classes Elizabeth Genskow
Elizabeth has been teaching chemistry at Centennial High School for 15 years. She has taught General Chemistry to juniors ...
Read More & View Classes Jesse Maloney
Jesse has been a middle school science teacher for the past 17 years. He believes that learning is ...
Read More & View Classes Jim Tisel
Jim has been teaching and coaching for over 40 years, including two decades teaching abroad in Germany, the ...
Read More & View Classes John McCaffrey
John teaches interactive design and animation at Hennepin Technical College. He has been working in art, design, and ...
Read More & View Classes Kari Bronson
Kari has been teaching for 20 years. She has a BA in English Education from The University of ...
Read More & View Classes Molly Hammel
Molly holds a BA in Elementary and Middle School Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and ...
Read More & View Classes Nicole Hoiland
Nicole has taught art for the last twenty years. She holds an MA in Drawing and an MFA ...
Read More & View Classes Ross Eichele
Ross is the Librarian/Media Specialist at Eagan High School, where he also coaches speech and debate. Before becoming ...
Read More & View Classes Sarah Geppert
Sarah holds a BA in Spanish and a BS in Chemistry from Evangel University, and an MS in ...
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Formerly Computer Explorers, Tech Academy has been enriching Minnesota’s children with research-based Technology and Science classes and camps ...
Read More & View Classes Tim Larson
Tim holds a BA in Elementary Education with a Minor in Chemistry from the University of WI-Eau Claire. ...
Read More & View Classes Tom Rodefeld
Tom teaches social studies and coaches hockey, volleyball and track at Irondale High School in Mounds View. He ...
Read More & View Classes Urban Boatbuilders
Founded in 1995, Urban Boatbuilders’s mission is to empower youth to succeed in work and life through woodworking ...
Read More & View Classes Zach Prax
Zach currently teaches Advanced Placement Psychology and World History at Eastview High School and has taught almost every ...
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