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Teacher Spotlight: Whitney Weddel, East Central ISD
Her students are more like family, and sheโll do anything for family even buy them a tablet and internet to get class work done. Hear the story of this weekโs teacher helping educate the next generation of health professions by showing what compassion looks like.
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2nd grade reading interventionist using โcrittersโ to help improve reading skills of students
Jenni Hagdorn, an educator with 21 years of experience, is a second-grade reading interventionist at John J. Ciavarra Elementary. She's using critters to improve the reading skills of her second-grade students.