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Rebecka Peterson

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2023 National Teacher of the Year Award Ceremony

Rebecka Peterson is an American educator and author in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2022, Rebecka was named Oklahoma Teacher of the Year;[1] and in 2023, she was selected as the National Teacher of the Year.[2] [3] She is one of three Oklahomans to be selected as National Teacher of the Year, with the others being Lawana Trout, 1964, and Edna Donley, 1959.

Rebecka is currently a finalist for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics Science Teaching (PAEMST).

Biography

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Rebecka is an immigrant of Swedish-Iranian descent and lived in several countries around the world as her parents traveled as medical missionaries.[2]

She holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Oklahoma Wesleyan University and a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of South Dakota.[2]

Rebecka is currently a secondary mathematics teacher at Union High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Authorship

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Rebecka has written over 1,400 posts for One Good Thing, a blog for teachers to track the good things happening in their classrooms.[4]

She has also been featured in national publications such as PBS Education[5], Smithsonian Magazine[6], and Google Education.[7]

Category:Education Category:Teacher awards

  1. ^ "Oklahoma Teacher of the Year". Oklahoma State Department of Education. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  2. ^ a b c "2023 National Teacher of the Year, Rebecka Peterson – ntoy.ccsso.org". Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  3. ^ "Tulsa teacher named Teacher of the Year, surprised with message from first lady - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  4. ^ "Meet Rebecka Peterson, the 2023 Teacher of the Year". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  5. ^ Education, P. B. S. (2024-01-12). "Five Small Ways to Cultivate Creativity in the…". PBS Education. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  6. ^ Magazine, Smithsonian. "In Conversation with 2023 National Teacher of the Year, Rebecka Peterson". www.smithsonianmag.com. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  7. ^ "A letter to educators this Teacher Appreciation Week". Google. 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2024-01-12.