Margie Racette

State:

Illinois

PLS courses I teach:

• Meaningful Activities To Generate Interesting Classrooms®

Years started with PLS:

2005

Why I love teaching PLS courses:

Teachers always leave a PLS class with something new they can do in their classroom right away. It's exciting to teach!

Education:

• Master’s Degree in Education in Curriculum and Development National-Louis University, 1991
• B.S. in Elementary Education – University of Findlay, 1971
• University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, Summer 1966

Teaching experience:

• 3 years in Second Grade-Chile and Venezuela, South America
• 5 years in Second and Fourth, Findlay, Ohio
• 7 years Director/Owner of Preschool and Kindergarten, Dayton, Ohio
• 2 years Gifted and Talented, Rochester, New York
• 18 years in Second and Kindergarten, Naperville, Illinois
• Ohio State Program for Mexican-American Migrant Children, Kindergarten, Summers
• The North American Chilean National Institute, Adult Classes of English, 2 years

Related experience, recognition, awards, etc.:

• Nominee for the Golden Apple Award, 1993
• Nominee for the Disney American Teacher Award, 1999 and 2002
• Indian Prairie Educational Foundation’s Most Influential School district Educator, 2005
• Presenter at The Illinois State Kindergarten Conference in 1993, 1994, 1996 & 1997

What I love most about teaching:

I feel each day that I’m giving back to the world.