Many WEA members have reasons to be proud and we want recognize them!
If you know of a WEA member you'd like to recognize, please email the WEA web administrator!

Suzanne Goff, our District 39 Differentiated Instruction website administrator, designs, regularly researches, and updates the DI39 website which is now linked to many other educators' websites outside our district.

Cathy Flemming, Sue Flachsbart, Suzanne Goff, Katie Lee, Ellen Logan, Megan Marthens, and Katey Sherman met with the Differentiation Teacher Inquiry Group in Evanston District 65. Each DST presented a portion of the story of differentiated instruction in Wilmette. The Evanston teachers and administrators present at the meeting welcomed their knowledge, passion for their work, and professionalism.

Amanda Utynek and Cherie Einum, both 6th Grade teachers at Highcrest Middle School, presented a workshop titled "Going Beyond the Book Report: Engaging Readers in Grades 4-8" at the 2008 Illinois Reading Conference.

Katie Lee, Megan Marthens, Suzanne Goff, and Bev Taylor hosted a visit by administrators and teachers from the Oak Park Schools. These DSTs not only shared the ways teachers work together to differentiate for all of their students, they also modeled best practices in co-planning for instruction as the guests observed.

Kathy Cedoz, 4th Grade teacher at McKenzie Elementary, has been given the award for "Who's Who Among America's teachers" for the 3rd year in a row!

Cherie Einum and Liz Kaiser, 6th Grade teacher and Library Media Specilist at Highcrest Middle School, presented a workshop titled "Challenge Your Readers With a School-Wide Reading Challenge " at the 2008 Illinois Reading Conference.