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Bangeman chosen for Fulbright
Johanna Bangeman, an MEA-MFT member in Bigfork, traveled to Japan in November as part of the Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program. Bangeman was selected from 2,000 applicants nationwide to participate in the program, which allows distinguished U.S. teachers to travel to Japan for three weeks.
Bangeman plans to build an experiential trunk on Japanese culture for other educators and students to use. She hopes to collaborate with other educators who would like to share their artifacts and experiences from Japan.
Woodhouse represents Montana
Judie Woodhouse, Polson High School journalism teacher, school newspaper mentor, and active MEA-MFT member, attended the first annual Free Spirit Student Journalism conference in Washington, DC, this fall.
The expense-paid conference included a teacher and two students from each state. The Missoulian nominated Woodhouse to represent Montana at the event.
Woodhouse said the conference sought to encourage high school students to choose journalism careers and focused on first amendment rights, a priority in Woodhouse€™s classes. "I teach students it is their job to protect, defend, and use the first amendment," she said. "When they know the power of the press, they care about what they write."
Schulz wins Disney award
Once in a blue moon, teachers get the celebrity treatment they deserve. Helena science teacher Jim Schulz is one such teacher.
In November, Schulz was honored as one of 10 Disney Outstanding American Teachers. He received his award at a gala ceremony reminiscent of the Academy Awards €” held on the same stage and attended by the same kind of star-studded celebrity actors and musicians.
His Disney saga began when Kathy Dreyer, president of the Helena Paraprofessional Education Association, nominated him for the Disney award.
"As a paraprofessional, I see first hand the creativity and effectiveness of many teachers," Dreyer said. "Jim Schulz stood out in my mind as a likely candidate for the nomination."
Two different film crews came to Helena to film Schulz. He was chosen as a finalist. Then, at the gala on November 18, he became America€™s Outstanding Middle School Science Teacher.
Schulz, who now teaches at Helena High, won $15,000 personally and $7,000 for his school district. Meeting the other outstanding teachers in the program was equally rewarding, Schulz said.
Schulz, also a Montana Teacher of the Year finalist for 2001, is the second Montana teacher in a row to be named as a Disney Outstanding Teacher. Last year, Gordon Hahn of Glasgow was named America€™s Outstanding High School Science Teacher. Richelle Selleck, kindergarten teacher in Billings, was a finalist.
Terry Annalora honored
MEA-MFT member Terry Annalora has received the 2000 Montana Music Educators Leadership Award. Annalora directs the Custer County District High School Choral Department and chairs the K-12 music department in Miles City.
Annalora was also honored as an outstanding teacher in the October 2000 Teaching Music, a national magazine.
Along with teaching, Annalora has sung as a guest tenor soloist with symphonies around the region. He was a featured soloist with the Mendelssohn Club of Missoula on its European tour.
Annalora presents an annual fall recital called "Annalora and Friends" as a fundraiser for the high school choral program.
His high school choir has been chosen three times to represent Montana at the Northwest Music Educators National Conference.
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