Gina Benz
Co-author of Teacher TalkGina Benz has taught for over 23 years in South Dakota. She currently teaches Teacher Pathway (a class she helped develop), English 3, English 3 for immigrant and refugee students, and AP English Language at Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls, as well as Technology in Education at the University of Sioux Falls.
In 2015 Gina was one of 37 educators in the nation to receive the Milken Educator Award. Since then she has written and spoken on a state and national level about teacher recruitment and grading practices. Before that she received the Presidential Scholar Program Teacher Recognition Award and Roosevelt High School’s Excellence in Instruction Award in 2012 and the Coca-Cola Educator of Distinction Award in 2007.
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In this Teacher Talk, Gina Benz discusses going gradeless. -
In this Teacher Talk, Gina Benz talks about the joys of teaching.
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Gina Benz discusses teaching while devastated in the latest edition of Teacher Talk.
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In this weeks Teacher Talk, Gina Benz discusses student phone use.
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In this Teacher Talk, Gina Benz discusses the core fears in her professional life.
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Jackie Wilber discusses burnout and setting workplace boundaries.
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Gina Benz talks about not focusing on winning games but focusing on individual growth in education.
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In the first installment of Teacher Talk, Gina Benz and Jackie Wilber discuss teacher recruitment in South Dakota
