2015-17
Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board


Teaching Tolerance couldn’t serve educators the way we do without the feedback and support of an important group of teachers, counselors, media specialists, school- and district-level administrators and education professors: the Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board. These educators and leaders volunteer their time to review our resources, try our curriculum and act as ambassadors for TT.

Dale Allender – Assistant professor of education, Sacramento, California

Lhisa Almashy – High school ESL teacher, Palm Beach County, Florida

Kim Estelle – Elementary school teacher, Huntsville, Alabama

Carrie Gaffney – Middle school English/language arts teacher, Indianapolis, Indiana

Sonia Galaviz – Elementary teacher, Boise, Idaho

Alice Garcia – High school ELL teacher, Gonzales, Louisiana

Gail Heath – Middle school teacher, Las Vegas, Nevada

Michelle Higgins – High school social studies teacher, Walla Walla, Washington

Amber Strong Makaiau – Professor at the University of Hawaii, Oahu, Hawaii

Jane McGowan – Middle school science teacher, Rockville, MD

Amy Melik – K-12 ELL coordinator and teacher, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Veronica Menefee – Middle school English, social studies and special education teacher, Parkville, Maryland

Amber Neal – Elementary reading and language arts teacher, Houston, Texas

Sarah Neely – Elementary school teacher, Grosse Pointe, Michigan

Lois Parker-Hennion – High school library media specialist, Orangeburg, New York

David Paschall – High school social studies and humanities teacher, Austin, Texas

Celeste Payne – High school science teacher, West Chester, Pennsylvania

Demea Richards-Scott – Middle school counselor, Bolingbrook, Illinois

Donna Saide – Elementary teacher and diversity coordinator, Gahanna, Ohio

Robert Sautter – Kindergarten teacher, San Francisco, California

Joe Schmidt – Social studies teacher leader, Madison, Wisconsin

Kim Siar – Elementary school teacher, Norristown, Pennsylvania

Scott Thomas – Elementary school principal, Eagan, Minnesota

Barbie Garayúa Tudryn – Elementary school counselor, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Mickie Wong-Lo – Assistant professor of special education, Chicago, Illinois

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