Lori Keleher

I am in my 19th year teaching...and I still love it!!! I teach Geometry and Earth-Space Science at Huron High School in Huron, South Dakota. We are a 1:1 iPad school. I also teach Biology and Physical Science within the DIAL Virtual High School. I am instructional coach at my high school and do contracted consulting work for my state's Department of Education.

As a teacher, I act as a demonstrator, facilitator, and delegator. I model skills and processes and then act as a coach in helping students develop and apply these skills to solve problems. I design activities which involve active learning and student collaboration. I like to give my students a choice in designing and implementing their own learning strategies and projects.

2013 National Board Certified Teacher, Profile of Professional Growth, certified by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards; 2010 Leadership Award, given by the South Dakota Department of Education; 2009 Presidential Award in Mathematics Teaching, given by the National Science Foundation; 2004 Leadership Award, given by Governor Rounds; 2003 National Board Certified Teacher, Adolescence/YoungAdulthood Mathematics, certified by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards

I graduated from high school with a class of 8 (yes, eight) students in 1990 from a very small town in rural South Dakota called Alpena. I graduated from Huron University, now operated by Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Since beginning my teaching career in 1995, I have engaged in various professional development opportunities that led to my achievement of being the 1st National Board Certified Mathematics Teacher in the state of South Dakota.

I have 4 beautiful daughters, 2 wonderful grandsons, 2 awesome parents, and 1 amazing man with whom I share my life. I am so blessed!!!!!!!!!