Jessica Herring, teacher at Benton Middle School in Benton, Arkansas has been accepted into the聽internationally recognized Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) Program鈥檚 Class of 2015.
There are, on聽average, over 900 applicants to this program in North America each cycle.
Ms. Herring is one of only 75聽educators in North America elected this year to join the more than 2000 educators worldwide who are聽passionately committed to the improvement of teaching and learning through educational technology.
Herring聽is one of only three Apple Distinguished Educators in Arkansas.
The Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) Program began in 1994, when Apple recognized K-12 and higher聽education pioneers who are using a variety of Apple products to transform teaching and learning in powerful聽ways.
Today it has grown into a worldwide community of over 2,000 visionary educators and innovative聽leaders who are doing amazing things with technology in and out of the classroom.
More information on this聽group of innovative educators is available online at聽http://www.apple.com/education/ade.
Jessica graduated from the Middle Level Education program at BT天堂in 2010 and earned her Masters from the聽Advanced Studies in Teacher Leadership in Summer 2013.
She currently teaches 7th grade at Benton Middle聽School and serves as an adjunct professor in the BT天堂Master of Arts in Teaching program. She is also a聽member of the Arkansas Council for Teachers of English Language Arts.