A smarter AI plan for teachers

Lori Walsh is a special correspondent with SDPB and host of the "In the Moment" podcast.

Gina Benz has taught for over 25 years in South Dakota. She currently teaches Teacher Pathway (a class she helped develop), English 3, English 3 for immigrant and refugee students, and AP English Language at Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls, as well as Technology in Education at the University of Sioux Falls.

In 2015 Gina was one of 37 educators in the nation to receive the Milken Educator Award. Since then she has written and spoken on a state and national level about teacher recruitment and grading practices. Before that she received the Presidential Scholar Program Teacher Recognition Award and Roosevelt High School’s Excellence in Instruction Award in 2012 and the Coca-Cola Educator of Distinction Award in 2007.

Jacqueline R. Wilber, Ed.D. is a faculty member and Director of the Center for Student and Professional Services at the University of South Dakota School of Education. She has a B.A. in English from the University of South Dakota, a M.Ed. in Teaching & Learning from DePaul University, an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Doane University, and she is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (e-RYT 500) through Yoga Alliance. She began her career in public schools in 2007 and has served as a middle and high school teacher and public librarian. Jackie contributes to Teacher Talk on SDPB. Visit her at: www.jackiewilber.com