Rachel Peters Lander, WY | 7-12, Mathematics, 2021

The official biography below was current at the time of the award.

Rachel Peters has been a mathematics teacher for more than 20 years, including more than 14 years at her current school, Lander Valley High School. She has also taught at Ventura High School for one year, Battle Creek-Ida Grove High School for three years, and Mediapolis High School for two years, all in Iowa. As the Mathematics Interventionist, Rachel individualizes lessons for students to provide additional support so they can be successful in their grade-level classes. Rachel developed the mathematics intervention program at Lander Valley High School and the students involved in her program have seen high levels of success. In addition to her role as an interventionist, Rachel uses flipped learning techniques to teach 9th-12th grade Advanced Placement Calculus. Rachel is passionate in her belief that all students can achieve at high levels of mathematics. As a result, in just four years of the intervention program, Rachel has seen students start in her mathematics intervention program and continue on to be successful in high-level courses, such as Precalculus, Statistics, and even Advanced Placement Calculus. Rachel has presented sessions on her intervention program at local and national conferences including the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting. She also provides professional development to teachers throughout the country through her work with the Mathematics Vision Project. She was also named the Fremont County School District #1 Teacher of the Year in 2017. Rachel has a B.A in mathematics education from Wartburg College and a Master’s of School Mathematics from Iowa State University. She is a certified mathematics teacher and also has her National Board Certification in Adolescent and Young Adulthood Mathematics.

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