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Teacher Talk on In the Moment

TeacherTalk is the companion blog to the South Dakota Public Radio (SDPB) signature segment, Tuesday Teacher Talk, hosted by Lori Walsh’s In the Moment with guests Gina Benz and Jackie Wilber. Gina Benz has been a teacher in South Dakota for 23 years, and Jackie Wilber is a faculty member at the University of South Dakota’s School of Education. Teacher Talk airs on Tuesday afternoons between 12:00-1:00pm CST during In the Moment on SDPB.

A link to SDPB Radio’s Tuesday Teacher Talk signature segment is available on each corresponding TeacherTalk blog post.

Gina Benz and Jackie Wilber are co-authors of the TeacherTalk blog.

Teacher Talk Blogs

Preventing Burnout Through Boundaries

Gina Benz

Jackie Wilber discusses burnout and setting workplace boundaries.
Love the Library!

Jackie Wilber

Jackie Wilber declares her love for libraries.
Punished by Rewards

Gina Benz

Gina Benz talks about not focusing on winning games but focusing on individual growth in education.
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Teacher Recruitment | Teacher Talk

Gina Benz

In the first installment of Teacher Talk, Gina Benz and Jackie Wilber discuss teacher recruitment in South Dakota

Gina Benz-Co-Author of Teacher Talk
Gina 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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Jackie Wilber-Co-Author of Teacher Talk
Jacqueline Wilber, Ed.D. is an experienced educator from South Dakota. She is currently a faculty member at the University of South Dakota and Director of the Center for Student and Professional Services in the School of Education.

She began her career in public schools in 2007 and has served as a teacher, librarian, and administrator. Jackie holds a Nebraska Teaching Certificate for 7-12 grade English/Language Arts, a Nebraska Public Library Certificate, and an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (e-RYT 500) credential through Yoga Alliance. She was a 2014 Sioux Falls School District Teacher of the Year Finalist.

Follow Jackie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-wilber/

In The Moment

In the Moment is SDPB’s daily radio news and culture program.