Talya Edlund is a fifth-grade teacher in Portland, Maine. She has also served as a literacy interventionist, teacher leader and an English Language Learner instructor at Southern Maine Community College. Talya is the 2016 Maine Teacher of the Year, and serves as co-president of the Maine State Teachers of the Year Association.
My Students Are Asking for a Lot More Than Just Lockdown Drills
Seventeen years ago, I was a first-year teacher working alone in my classroom when a police officer came to my door. He told me to “get low” and to come with him to the auditorium. There, I found all...
