Talks With Teachers

Jeff Charbonneau  2013 National Teacher of the Year STEM Teacher (Zillah High School --  Zillah, WA)    January Contest: Win a Copy of Carol Jago's With Rigor for All by emailing me a lesson that worked (email)    Segment I – Background and Inspiration Tell your story. Where are you from and how long have you been teaching? What classes have you taught?  – Jeff was the 2013 National Teacher of the Year. He is out of the classroom right now but he will return next year. He teaches at the same high school that he attended, Zillah High School.   Who has helped you in your journey to become a master teacher? – Jeff asks for help about every 30 minutes. Yet, he had two outstanding cooperating teachers during his student teacher experience. They had completely different styles, one was traditional the other was affectionate and loving. Both were outstanding educators and what he learned was that you need to be true to yourself.  It is important for other teachers to know that we all have had setbacks in the classro