- Antoine Paige MAT '16 is one of three new assistant principals at Clover Park High School. Previously he taught English Language Arts and History and Foss High School in Tacoma Public Schools for six years.
- Cheryl Inouye MAT '05 earned a Ph.D. in Educational Foundations from University of Hawaii-Manoa. Her dissertation focused on "Ho驶olohe Pono: Listening to the Voices of Parents and Community to Envision a School-Family-Community Partnership at Waim膩nalo School". She is currently serving as a principal at Ka驶elepulu Elementary School on Oahu.
- Kyle Reinke MAT '20 was selected as a . The Fellows Program provides professional development focused on practitioner inquiry and community-building to early-career high school science and math teachers during their first five years of teaching.
- A Special Issue of the Race and Pedagogy Journal, 鈥溾 features a dedication to honor former Puget Sound professor Dexter Gordon and reflections from two Tacoma Public Schools educators Jessica Stella MAT '10 and Audrey Wilson MAT '13. The issue also includes artist statements and images of thirteen MAT 2021 candidates鈥 projects exploring teaching dilemmas focused on centering race and unlearning racism.
- Humanities Teacher Lucie Kroschel MAT 鈥13 describes her effort to at the School of the Arts in Tacoma, WA.
- Kevin Zamira MAT '16 and Matt Lonsdale MAT '09 share their perspectives on the .
- A Special Student Issue of the Race and Pedagogy Journal features the master's work of seven MAT '19 alumni: Julianne Bonnell, Erica Gott, Erika Horwege, Sheri-Ann Nishiyama, Hayley Rathburn, Dylan Richmond, and Robbie Wood. They share reflections representing how race and racism are visible, silenced, and/or dismissed in classrooms and schools. Also included in this issue are reflections from teacher educators and community partners who contribute their voices to the journal in response to their engagement with MAT candidates' projects.
- Bernadette Ray MAT 鈥01 and her long and impactful career in Tacoma Public Schools as a teacher and administrator are featured in the Summer 2019 Arches magazine.
- Andrew Miller MAT 鈥05 is currently the Director of Personalized Learning at , supporting competency-based learning, customized pathways, and flexible learning environments. He also serves as a consultant for . Previously, he was an Instructional Coach at the Shanghai American School in China.
- Matt Lonsdale MAT 鈥09 and his passion for teaching marine biology at the in Tacoma were featured in the Spring 2019 Arches magazine. Read Matt's .
- Sarah Brauner MAT 鈥17 8th grade English Language Arts at Columbia Junior High School was honored as the . The staff in each school building votes to select one certificated employee of the year and one classified employee of the year. These selected employees from each school are then asked to write an essay. Based on that essay, the selected employees of the year from the previous year vote on who receives the district employee of the year awards. Read Sarah鈥檚 .
- Ryan Baker鈥檚 MAT '18 thesis paper, "Students at the Center, Progress in the Present: Integrating Frameworks for Justice-Oriented Learning," was chosen as the 2018 University of Puget Sound Writing Excellence Award winner for graduate program submissions.
- A Special Student Issue of the Race and Pedagogy Journal features the master鈥檚 work of twelve MAT 鈥18 alumni: Ryan Baker, Rebecca Bathrick, Ninoshka Chavez, Austin Docter, Holly Keehn, Colin Kelly, Madeline McVay, Beth O鈥橰eilly, Spencer Rake-Marona, Robin Rosenberg, Jordan Ross, Cameron Stedman. They share reflections representing how race and racism are visible, silenced, and/or dismissed in classrooms and schools.
- Shannen Riede MAT '17 is featured in Tacoma Public Schools' video relating her experiences as a first-year teacher at Crescent Heights Elementary School.
- Colleen Pancake MAT '10 was named . Colleen teaches AVID at Rogers High School.
- Lisa Sternadel Rodgers MAT '03 was awarded the . Milken Educators are selected early to mid-career for what they have achieved and the promise of what they will accomplish. Lisa teaches ninth grade physical science and AP biology at Grandview High School in Aurora, CO, and was selected for creating an engaging and blended learning classroom for her high school students.
- Jeremy Bort '03, MAT '05 and Francesco Ortenzo '01, MAT '05 were panelists at the PAX West gaming convention in Seattle. Their topic was .
- Bryan Johnson MAT '97 was selected to the program. Bryan explored the Galapagos Islands in pursuit of enhancing geographic knowledge with hands-on field experience. Bryan is a national board-certified fifth-grade teacher in Tacoma and uses Google Earth in unique ways to enhance his students' understandings of and connections to the planet.
- Bryan Sullivan MAT '14 and his drama students at Kamiak High School were nominated for 12 awards from for their spring musical, "Footloose." They received more nominations than any other high school in the state.
- Andrew Miller MAT '05 published the book (ASCD, 2015).
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