Rebecca Mieliwocki

Board Co-Chair, National Teacher of the Year 2012

Rebecca Mieliwocki is a 26 year veteran middle school English teacher and the 2012 National Teacher of the Year from California. She believes students deserve the most dedicated & enthusiastic educators possible & that the crusade to strengthen education will happen at the hands of teacher leaders from across the nation. She has traveled the world advocating for the country's 3.2 million public school teachers & telling stories of all that is going right in American schools. She is the author of Adventures in Teacher Leadership: Pathways, Strategies, and Inspiration for Every Teacher (ASCD) as well as a contributor to the national conversation on teaching via EdWeek, EdPost, CNN, NPR, Good Housekeeping, and USA Today. Rebecca currently coordinates K12 Teaching and Learning for the Glendale Unified School District.