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Shana Goodall '96 Named Maine History Teacher of the Year

September 3, 2019

Shana Goodall
Shana Goodall '96, who teaches at Orono High School in Maine, was recently named the 2019 Maine History Teacher of the Year, an award presented annually by the , the nation’s leading organization dedicated to K-12 American history education.
 

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"Ms. Goodall is a lifelong learner, as evidenced by her embrace of technology in the classroom and her continuous quest to find new, engaging ways to present material.  She earned an undergraduate degree in Growth and Structure of Cities from Â鶹AV (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) and graduate degrees in teaching and educational leadership from the University of Maine (Orono, Maine). In her classroom, she creates a flexible environment for all learners to explore history while stimulating, directing, and pacing whole class instruction while at the same time encouraging independent inquiry. Shana is noted for her sense of humor and laugh, and students view Shana as a mentor and valuable source of information and guidance."

Goodall majored in Growth and Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr.

Growth and Structure of Cities

"Bryn Mawr is where I learned to think and write critically and creatively.  It is where l came to love inquiry - both the joy and frustration of posing questions, researching topics, collecting and analyzing data, and synthesizing it all together.  It is where I discovered that learning is a journey, and like all journeys best taken with friends and excellent guides and mentors.  I work to instill love of inquiry -- the process, the investigation, the frustration, and the ultimate fulfillment into my classroom community and my students." -- Shana Goodall '96