2024
NEVADA TEACHER OF THE YEAR
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LAURA JEANNE PENROD
LAURA JEANNE
"JEANNIE" PENROD
Teacher with 17 years experience, with disciplines ranging from Special Education, English Language Learners, and English Language Arts.
Passionate about progressing education systems—elevating student and teacher voices. ​
Fosters long term student-teacher connections to support students throughout their high-school and post-secondary life.
Seeks continual growth opportunities as an educator and individual. ​
Loves her two french bulldogs, meditation, breathwork, travel, live music, and nature.
“A central focus for Mrs. Penrod has been empowering students to understand themselves and leverage that understanding to expand upon their own values. By sharing her curriculum expertise and philosophical insights, she has played a crucial role in nurturing learners and ethical citizens. She has forever altered the course of my life, as well as the lives of every student fortunate enough to cross paths with the unforgettable Mrs. Penrod.”
HANNAH, STUDENT
