American Fidelity Names 2020 Teacher Fellowship Recipients
Monday, June 01, 2020
Eight local STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) teachers will join the IT team at American Fidelity this summer as part of the AF Teacher Fellowship. The teachers will receive a corporate salary for the summer, a $2,000 stipend for their classroom and skills to take back to their students to help them pursue STEM careers in the future.
This year’s program will look a little different from the two previous years, with teachers joining the team remotely due to COVID-19.
“I’m excited that we have the technology and creativity to make this program work virtually this year,” said Diana Bittle, chief information officer at American Fidelity. “Our goal is to help provide teachers with knowledge and ideas they can use to spark interest in STEM for their students and teach problem solving and logic, abilities that are vital no matter what career the student pursues.”
The 2020 AF Teacher Fellows are:
- Kurt Kaya, Kingfisher Public Schools, Kingfisher High School, fifth-12th grade tech and engineering
- Ronda Boston, Putnam City Schools, Coronado Heights Elementary, fifth grade science and robotics
- Brady Todd, Mid-Del School District, Midwest City High School, math
- Katina Dyer, Paden Schools, Paden High School, K-12 science and STEM director
- Jessica Foley, OKC Public Schools, STEM innovator and science
- Jeongwoo Lee, OKC Public Schools, Classen School of Advanced Studies Middle School, seventh grade pre-algebra and Algebra
- Nate Ware, Mustang Public Schools, Mustang Middle School, seventh grade reading, writing, robotics coach
- Jennifer Wright, Edmond Public schools, Will Rogers Elementary, fifth grade math, science, reading and social studies
“I teach bio, not computers, but the logic behind programming is very important and I can create lessons to teach logic based on what I’ve learned about programming at American Fidelity,” said Miranda Hannon, biology and environmental science teacher and AF Teacher Fellow 2019.
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