S04E07 - From Meteorology to High School Chemistry Teacher, an Interview with Ms. Rachael Straughn.
About this episode
Rachael Straughn shares her journey from being a broadcast meteorologist to a high school chemistry teacher in rural Alabama.
In today’s episode, we interview one of our listeners and rural high school teachers, Rachael Straughn, from Russell County High School in Seale, Alabama. In this episode, Rachael shares her educational journey and narrative. Rachael talks about her childhood dream of being a broadcast meteorologist and storm chaser. She worked hard to be a chief meteorologist on television within a lake effect snow area and achieved her dream at age 25. While in that role, she hosted school learning opportunities to teach students about meteorology and emergency preparedness. While teaching the evening news, Rachael also served as a substitute teacher to connect with the classroom. After achieving her life goal of being a meteorologist, she shifted her career to be a teacher. We discussed the geographical differences in rural education. Rachael talked about her experiences teaching in rural Alabama and the benefits of this experience. This episode shows the amazing job all our teachers are doing in rural education. Rachael Straughn is a chemistry teacher at Russell County High School in Seale, Alabama and a doctoral student in education leadership at Valdosta State University. She has her M.S…
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