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Whitney Brandon, second grade teacher at Westar Elementary School and the NAU Arizona Teacher’s Academy.

Posted by College of Education on January 20, 2022

The need for strong teachers has never been greater, but the pathway to becoming a teacher doesn’t have to be the same for everyone.

Whitney Brandon teaches second grade at Westar Elementary School, but she has taken a different path than some of her peers. “So when I started the year (2019) I was a stay-at-home mom, the year my daughter started kindergarten. I got my sub certificate looking for something to do. I liked the flexibility of being able to do it when I could,” said Brandon.

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