Lou Ann Getz
Teacher
Lou Ann Getz teaches Social Studies
to seventh graders at Eisenhower Middle School in Manhattan, Kansas. She is in her 22nd year
of teaching in her home state.
Lou Ann has been using CNN Student News in her classroom since 1992 to draw attention to current
events and happenings throughout the world. Her curriculum focuses on World Regional Geography
and she places special emphasis on current events. The programming provided by the CNN supplements
her classroom instruction. She finds the teachers guide an especially useful tool as she chooses
segments of each day's programs to align with the news and the curriculum.
As a Teacher Consultant for the Kansas Geography Alliance, Lou Ann is the author of a variety of
lessons and helps with teacher training at the summer institutes. She has presented at the Kansas
Council for the Social Studies (KCSS) annual meeting, Kansas Association of Middle Level Educators
annual meeting, National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) convention. She has had numerous
student teachers and aides through a partnership with Kansas State University (KSU). Currently she
is working on a project with KSU Department of Education on a Professional Development Grant. This
endeavor focuses on aligning coursework at the University with the state licensure of teachers.
In addition to local, district and regional recognition, she is the recipient of a NCGE Distinguished
Teaching Award, and a KCSS Excellence in teaching award. Lou Ann recently developed state assessment
questions in geography for a project with the Kansas State Department of Education. Lou Ann is a member
of the National Council for Geographic Education, Kansas Association for Middle Level Educators, and
National Education Association.
Lou Ann's B. S. and M.S. are in Vocational Home Economics from Kansas State University. She is a
graduate of the National Geographic Summer Institute for teachers in Washington, D.C. and traveled
to Japan in 1997 as a recipient of a Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher scholarship. Most recently she
received specific training on using the Internet as a social studies' resource.
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Faculty Members
- Betty Ballard - bio
- Paul Balog - bio
- Jeffrey A. Beatty - bio
- Beverly Biber - bio
- Anne Davis - bio
- Barbara Deppner - bio
- Barbara Brown Dierksen - bio
- Sonya Fidler - bio
- Lou Ann Getz - bio
- Kenneth J. Harasty - bio
- Jacqueline Henry - bio
- Joan Horvath - bio
- Lisa E. Kennedy - bio
- Jill Kohler - bio
- Ronda Lee - bio
- Bill McCormick - bio
- Nikki Golar Mouton - bio
- Lorraine B. Palkert - bio
- Carol Pineiro - bio
- Edward Sickles, III - bio
- Andrea Smith-Pearson - bio
- Lois J. Ellis Wolfe - bio
- Colleen P. Wozniak - bio
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