Stop by the Career Center's table and learn about the continued services we provide to our alumni! We support recent alums for up to five years after graduation. We offer assistance with:
Updating your resume
Finding and applying for other positions
Licensure questions
Searching and applying for graduate school programs
and more!
More information can be found on our website: https://careercenter.education.wisc.edu/
The School of Education's Career Center offers continued support to alumni for up to five years after graduation! If you need any help updating resumes, finding and applying for other positions, interviewing, searching and applying for graduate school, or licensing questions - we're... Read More →
Monday March 10, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT Alumni Lounge702 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53706
2023 National Teacher of the Year Rebecka Peterson is a math teacher who loves stories. Rebecka is in her 15th year of education, the last 11 of which have been at Union High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Rebecka used her platform as National Teacher of the Year to highlight teachers’ stories of the good that is happening in education. She believes that when we learn each other’s stories, we carry a piece of each other with us. This helps us to authentically advocate for our students, teachers, and their communities.
In the midst of a challenging first year of teaching, Rebecka joined other educators in a daily practice of noting "one good thing" in her classroom. They lived by the motto that “Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.” This habit transformed her work. Rebecka now collaborates with fellow educators, emphasizing the importance of cultivating intentional joy as a means to sustain oneself in the difficult but beautiful profession of teaching.
Rebecka is a proud immigrant of Iranian-Swedish descent and lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with her husband, Brett, and their son, Jonas.
Peter Kirschmann is an Outreach Learning Design Specialist at PLACE. Peter is a designer, educator, and maker interested in creating opportunities for learners to tinker, design, and create personalized and socially meaningful projects. Most recently, Peter was a learning designer... Read More →
Peter Wardrip is an Associate Professor of STEAM Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on research-practice partnerships, assessment for learning and designing maker-based learning experiences. Peter earned his PhD in Learning Sciences and Policy from... Read More →
Tuesday March 11, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT Alumni Lounge702 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53706
Let’s take pride in our work and share our ideas in a casual discussion of our very own Pretty Good Lessons. Make a quick mini-poster of a lesson you’re proud of, you thought went well, or you’re excited to share with peers.
Peter Kirschmann is an Outreach Learning Design Specialist at PLACE. Peter is a designer, educator, and maker interested in creating opportunities for learners to tinker, design, and create personalized and socially meaningful projects. Most recently, Peter was a learning designer... Read More →
Tuesday March 11, 2025 3:00pm - 4:15pm MDT Alumni Lounge702 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53706
Peter Kirschmann is an Outreach Learning Design Specialist at PLACE. Peter is a designer, educator, and maker interested in creating opportunities for learners to tinker, design, and create personalized and socially meaningful projects. Most recently, Peter was a learning designer... Read More →
Wednesday March 12, 2025 9:00am - 9:30am MDT Alumni Lounge702 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53706
Hear from a panel of amazing local educators about what brings them joy and sustains them in their teaching career.
Panel facilitated by Mary Klehr (UW-Madison) & Michael Jones (Madison Metropolitan School District & Madison Teachers, Inc.) featuring:
Carrie Bohman, Madison West High School - Social Studies Tuyet Cullen, Whitehorse Middle School - Math & Science Jen Greenwald, Wingra School - Middle School All Subjects Andrew Johnson, Madison East High School - Biology Meri Lau, Midvale Elementary School - Art Sarada Hanumadass Weber, Vel Phillips Memorial High School - English
Peter Kirschmann is an Outreach Learning Design Specialist at PLACE. Peter is a designer, educator, and maker interested in creating opportunities for learners to tinker, design, and create personalized and socially meaningful projects. Most recently, Peter was a learning designer... Read More →
