We sit down with past Top Teacher winners to find out what they’ve been up to since their big win. Elizabeth Zoellner Top Teacher 2022 Background: Zoellner is currently teaching a combination class with kindergarten and first grade. When winning the award, she was teaching first grade. She has spent her entire 27-year teaching career […]
Careshare OC
Careshare OC nannies value making a difference in the lives of families and creating a better world. We believe in building dignified work and ownership opportunities. Offering services that create loving, safe, & healthy environments where children can be happy and free. Our childcare providers are CPR & First Aid certified, go through background checks, […]
CSI for STEM
Local schools find an innovative way to teach STEM through crime scene investigation and forensics programs. There’s just something about crime scene investigation that captivates people. Judging from the number of TV shows and films that incorporate CSI and forensics, it should be of no surprise that even schools and educational programs are using it […]
The Mental Health Struggle Is Real
Orange County educators discuss how the pandemic has affected their students’ mental health and what they’re doing about it. The pandemic has left its mark on pretty much every field, including, of course, the school system. Being confined to the home without much social interaction has impacted many students within both public and private school […]
Open House Dialogue
Orange County educators offer their insights about the best questions for parents to ask at open house. Open house can be stressful for teachers and parents. Coming into your child’s classroom, you may not know what to expect or know much about who your child’s teacher will be. You want to make sure your child […]
When You Inspire a Passion for Learning… The Extraordinary Happens
Stratford School — Outstanding Outcomes through Intentional Balance At Stratford School, high expectations yield extraordinary results. Their advanced yet intentionally balanced curriculum starts as early as preschool to inspire and nurture the minds and hearts of every student. From the outset, they simplify challenging concepts, then accelerate learning to enable students to study ahead of […]
Q&A with Orange County Superintendent of Schools Al Mijares
The superintendent talks mental health, resources and the school year ahead. The new school year is upon us. How do you see the 2022/23 school year playing out? I think the last few years have presented us with valuable lessons about making predictions. Yet it is noteworthy that this will be the first new school […]
Back-to-School Anxiety in 2022
When news of pandemics and school shootings create anxiety, and cyberbullying causes fear, artistic expression, and present-moment awareness can instill calm. If the world feels more stressful to you than ever before, you’re not alone. COVID-19 and its unending variants, school shootings, cyberbullying, threats of nuclear war, climate catastrophes and a looming recession have us […]
Campus After COVID
As the pandemic evolves, schools and families take a look at what a post-COVID campus looks like. As the 2021-22 school year ends, most students were able to go to prom, graduate on stage, throw their caps up and hug their friends. This school year, dances were held, homecoming queens were crowned, and parents were […]
Top Teacher & Employee Awards 2022 —Judges and Nomination Criteria
Meet the judges for the Top Teacher & Employee Awards of 2022… From Parenting OC Top Teachers Criteria 2022 Do you have a teacher at your school who does more than educate students? Who gets students excited about learning, teaches life lessons, is valued by parents, peers, administration and students, and whose classes consistently rank […]
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