I Am A Rural Teacher
Welcome to the I Am a Rural Teacher Podcast, a project of the Rural Schools Collaborative. We began with Julia Levine in 2020 to explore what it means to be a rural teacher from six different perspectives around the country. Now, we are continuing the project with other RSC staff members.
- Update frequency
- every 34 days
- Average duration
- 11 minutes
- Episodes
- 24
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
Dr. Brandon Renfroe - Geraldine, AL
Hello, and welcome to the I Am A Rural Teacher Podcast, a project of Rural Schools Collaborative and the National Rural Education Association.
Rural teachers know that their students deserve the very…
Kim McCully-Mobley - Aurora, MO
Supporting place-based learning in rural communities is core to the missions of RSC and the NREA, as evidenced by our shared grant work, the National Signature Project Award. Kim McCully-Mobley is a …
Freda Calloway - McGehee, AR
One angle for tackling the nationwide teacher shortage is the funding and implementation of teacher corps programs, which train educators in supportive cohorts to transition into teaching. Freda Call…
Brian Skinner - Newton, KS
Rural teachers are the heartbeats of their community, encouraging students to do their best and supporting programs in their schools. Brian Skinner is a high school special education teacher from New…
Shawntasia Butler - Morehead, KY
Many imagine rural communities as homogenous, non-diverse places, but in recent years especially quite the opposite is true. With rural populations diversifying in a variety of ways, it is critical…
Osbaldo Gonzalez - Nyssa, OR
Education is an invaluable force for the health and strength of rural communities. Osbaldo (Ozzie) Gonzalez, a first-year, Dual Language elementary teacher in Nyssa, Oregon, knows this first-hand. Oz…
Maximillion Frommelt - Dodgeville, WI
Max Frommelt, a digital media teacher in Wisconsin and a member of RSC’s Young Educators’ Advisory Council, is only in his second year of teaching at Dodgeville High School, but he has hit the ground…
Taylor Kilgore and Linda Hooper - Whitwell, TN
Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of the Holocaust.
The bonds forged among people in rural places are often driven by how community members can relate to each other, and how they share …
Lola Rubio Alberca - Spain
Rural schools around the world have more in common than one might expect, regardless of their latitude and longitude. In particular, teacher shortages continue to heavily impact rural communities, a…
Barb McArthy and Suzy Tomm - Carmi, IL
Haley Salitros Lancaster - Vincennes, IN
Netta Davis - Sarah, MS
Matt Jaeger - Bellevue, IA
Special thanks to Jason Neises, our Iowa Hub contact at Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, for connecting us with Bellevue Schools, and to Tom Meyer, superintendent of Bellevue School District,…
Jan Mathews - Gridley, CA
In a rural setting, the impact of even one teacher can shape the human ecosystem of an entire community for generations. This is why teaching students academic skills is only one aspect of a teacher’…
Fredrick Mugalula - Uganda
More than just a good story, teacher narratives possess a power to invite us to reflect and act. When we look to teachers from around the world, we’re not only given an opportunity to appreciate our …
Nick Foertsch and Emma Rage - North Dakota
In this episode of the I Am A Rural Teacher Podcast, we visit with Emma Rage and Nick Foertsch from North Dakota, who are both members of Rural Schools Collaborative's Young Educators Advisory Counci…
Mark Roy - Fort Washakie, WY
In our last episode, we are off to Wyoming.
Mark Roy wasn't always a rural teacher, but being remote is comfortable to him. He likes to be out in the backcountry. He now teaches 7th and 8th grade sci…
Sharon Laredo Christie - Douglas, AZ
This year has been strange for even the most experienced teachers. But this is only Sharon Laredo Christie’s 3rd year of teaching - and she has been at a different school for each one.
Sharon teaches…
Patti and Rod Lloyd - Atqasuk, AK
In this episode, we are going about as rural as rural gets in the United States. To the North Slope of Alaska.
While stories of 24-hour darkness, 10 dollar gallons of milk and towns with no roads out…