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
Michael Melton - Whitesberg, KY
Michael Melton has been teaching for over 20 years, and has held so many roles. Not only inside the walls of a public school building but in the community of Whitesburg Kentucky as well. For Michael,…
Melissa Wyman - Hartford, VT
Melissa Wyman is born and bred in New England. After growing up on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, she went to college at the University of Vermont in Burlington and eventually made her way down…
Jolene Smith - Kayenta, AZ
Jolene Smith teaches 5th grade at the Kayenta Unified District, a school on the Navajo Reservation in Kayenta, Arizona. Jolene exemplifies a mission of culturally responsive teaching in her lessons…
I Am A Rural Teacher Teaser
This is the “I Am a Rural Teacher” Podcast: A project of the Rural Schools Collaborative.
My name is Julia Levine. Over the past year, I’ve been traveling around the country talking with rural teache…