Outstanding Educator
Jennifer Richardson
Jennifer Richardson teaches fifth grade science and social studies at Wooster Elementary School in Greenbrier, Arkansas, and coordinates school-wide environmental programs.
Jennifer Richardson teaches fifth grade science and social studies at Wooster Elementary School in Greenbrier, Arkansas, and coordinates school-wide environmental programs.
Linda Jordan is a fourth grade teacher at Indian Rocks Christian School in Seminole, Florida, who also developed and facilitates a popular summer science camp.
Joan Chadde is the Education Program Coordinator at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan, where she also teaches a course called Communicating Science.
Jennifer Piccinini is a fourth and fifth grade teacher at Coral Academy of Science Charter School in Reno, Nevada, who is also a PLT facilitator.
Diane St. Jean teaches reading at Barrington Middle School in Barrington, New Hampshire, where she uses PLT to connect her students to their local forest.
Michael Stewart is a naturalist with the Miami County Park District in Troy, Ohio, where he also serves as a PLT facilitator.
Brandy Vavruska, a kindergarten teacher at West Elementary School in Spearfish, South Dakota, helped pilot the Early Childhood curriculum in her classroom.
Ginger Reasonover is a science lab coordinator who uses PLT with preK through fourth grade students at David Lipscomb Elementary School in Nashville, Tennessee.
Barbara Dunbar is the 4-H Environmental Program Coordinator at Virginia Cooperative Extension in Yorktown, as well as a Virginina Master Naturalist.
Jacelyn Downey is a senior community naturalist with Audubon Wyoming in Moorcroft who brings PLT to diverse audiences through environmental education across the state.