Education Alumna is Finalist for Teach for America Award
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Elizabeth Jamison-Dunn, MAEd β13 is one of two finalists for Teach for Americaβs Greater Chicago-Northwest Indianaβs Alumni of the Year Award.
Jamison-Dunn is principal of Catalyst Circle Rock Charter School in Chicagoβs Austin community.
Teach for America is a national nonprofit that places recent college graduates in teaching positions at schools that are underserved. The organization placed Jamison-Dunn as an eighth-grade teacher at Catalyst Circle Rock in 2007, when the school opened.
βI have worked really hard to try to do right by my school community,β Jamison-Dunn told Austin Weekly News. βMy favorite part about my job is knowing that what I do matters, and it matters every day.β
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