Alaska high schoolers to explore teaching careers

March 21, 2018

Seventy-five high school students from 11 school districts throughout Alaska will gather in Fairbanks next week to explore teaching careers and develop leadership skills.

The 2018 Educators Rising Alaska State Conference will be held on March 25-26 on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. The conference will feature activities to prepare for a teaching career, including a resume-writing workshop, job interview practice sessions and an opportunity to take college-placement tests. The conference is organized by Educators Rising Alaska in collaboration with the UAF School of Education and Rural Student Services.

Educators Rising is a national organization to help high school students explore careers in teaching. Less than half of Alaska’s teachers are prepared in-state, so Educators Rising Alaska, formerly Future Educators of Alaska, focuses on increasing the available workforce of teachers who are committed to remaining in-state.

The conference is open to registered participants only. Media representatives are welcome to visit during the banquet from 4:30-7 p.m. Sunday, March 25, in the UAF Wood Center ballroom. The banquet will feature a dance presentation by Sean Topkok and the Pavva Iñupiaq Dancers, and guest speakers, including 2018 Alaska Teacher of the Year Ben Walker, UAF School of Education Interim Dean Steve Atwater and previous Educators Rising Alaska Student President Amanda Friendsuh.

ADDITIONAL CONTACT: Barbara Wadlinger, Educators Rising Alaska program manager, 907-450-8379, bjwadlinger@alaska.edu.

ON THE WEB: Educators Rising Alaska, http://educatorsrisingalaska.org/conferences.php; UAF School of Education K-12 Outreach, https://www.uaf.edu/soe/k12_outreach/index.xml