Do you feel welcome working and coaching in the Wauwatosa School District? Yes, the team is very welcoming and I was lucky to have last year as an assistant coach so I already know and have relationships...

  How long have you been working in education?  This is my 14th year teaching!   Why did you go into teaching?  I liked working with kids when I was in high school, and I've...

How long have you been teaching? I've been at West for 18 or 19 years. So one of the reasons that I was being considered at Wauwatosa was because the principal at the time, Tom Steiner, who the Steiner...

What does your education background look like? So I kind of had a weird path to education. I went to UCLA for my undergrad. And I originally wasn't sure what I wanted to be. I thought I wanted to be...

What led you into education? I actually didn't want to be a teacher for a long time because my mom was a teacher. And growing up, somebody had told me like, Oh, your mom's a teacher. That means you're...

How did you adapt to be a better teacher during the pandemic? So how did you adapt to continue teaching as best you can? So those were some weird times at first. I mean, nobody knew what to do. Because...

What do you teach? I currently teach three sections of Geometry and two sections of Algebra 2. However, I have taught Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, and GED prep in my time as a teacher.  What...

Ms. Lamers Hernandez is the new mental health specialist at Tosa East. What do you do as a mental health specialist/school social worker? “I support student’s mental health and wellness needs....

  Mr. Howard is a social studies teacher of six years that became a Tosa West teacher in December of 2021, about a month before the end of first semester last year. Did your own high school...

What do you teach? I teach band at both East and Longfellow. I also teach Digital Music at Tosa East. What do you do with your free time? I spend a lot of time outdoors. I’m an avid rock climber...