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.
Anders Johnson
Anders is a teacher in the Roseville area school district. He has taught 5th and 6th grade for ...
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Angela Larson
Angela has been teaching for 10 years in a variety of roles. She has taught Life Science, Earth ...
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Ann Whiting
In addition to teaching at the Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth, Ann is the performing arts specialist at ...
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Brenda Barrett
Brenda teaches elementary and middle school students as a curriculum specialist in White Bear Lake. She has also ...
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Christina Nelson
Christina currently teaches visual art at Capitol Hill Gifted and Talented Magnet School in St. Paul. She has ...
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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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Heidi Ferris
For Heidi, teaching is an opportunity to empower the learner in their problem-solving skills and unique talents through ...
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Jacquelyn White
Jacquelyn is a Social Studies teacher with the passion to help students grow and reach their full potential ...
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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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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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Sarah Geppert
Sarah holds a BA in Spanish and a BS in Chemistry from Evangel University, and an MS in ...
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Susie Wilson
Susie teaches 5th grade Ignite! (a 3rd-5th grade self-contained gifted program) in Lakeville Area Schools. She earned a BS in ...
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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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Yosefa Carriger
Yosefa loves working and learning with children, and has been doing just that for most of her adult ...
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