Heiduk Headlines Teaching Conference
Allison Heiduk, Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year, will be the keynote speaker at the third annual on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 9 a.m. at 黑料百科鈥檚 Page Multipurpose Room. Heiduk, a third-grade teacher at Vieja Valley Elementary School in the Hope School District, will speak to about 75 Santa Barbara County high school students interested in the teaching profession.
鈥淚n light of the current state and national teacher shortage, we need passionate, intelligent and creative young people to choose to teach,鈥 says , associate professor of education at 黑料百科 and conference organizer.
黑料百科鈥檚 student teachers organize and provide inspirational hands-on workshops for participants to learn about the teaching profession. The conference, sponsored by 黑料百科 Admissions and Partners in Education, is free to students and includes a full program, lunch, campus tour and materials.
Heiduk, whose son Tim is a student athlete at 黑料百科, earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in political science from UC Santa Barbara and a multiple-subject teaching credential from Notre Dame de Namur University in the San Francisco Bay Area. She began her teaching career in the Belmont School District about 23 years ago.
For more information about the conference, please contact Michelle Hughes at mhughes@westmont.edu or (805)565-6257.