Glenwood City welcomes six new teachers to the district for 2017-2018

By Cara L. Dempski

GLENWOOD CITY — Hilltopper students started school Tuesday morning, and among the new school supplies, new clothes and new things to learn were some new faces at the head of classrooms.

The Glenwood City School District has hired six new teachers to take over in classrooms where prior instructors retired or left to take other positions. Jessica Erickson, Megan Hauber, Misty Ohman, Kelly Reisselman, Amanda Rosenberger and Tyler Schroyer are all new to Hilltopper country this fall.

The six instructors were sent profile questionnaires by the Tribune Press Reporter to give parents and the community a chance to get to know them.

Jessica Erickson

Erickson is a 2002 graduate of Pepin High School who will be teaching World History, Sociology and Contemporary Social Issues to students at Glenwood City High School.

She graduated from UW-River Falls in 2007 with a degree in broad field social studies secondary education, and is licensed to teach history, sociology, psychology, geography and political science. Prior to joining the faculty at GCHS, Erickson taught at Algoma for nine years.

The new Hilltopper instructor is excited about working for Glenwood City for a number of reasons.

“I have heard so many positive things about the school and community,” Erickson said. “I am also from the area, and happy to be back closer to family.”

Megan Hauber

Sophomore Toppers will have a new English teacher this year, as Megan Hauber is taking over the sophomore English classes and will cover one section of senior English.

Hauber hails from Iowa, where she graduated from South Winneshiek High School in 2005 before obtaining degrees from Loras College in 2009, and Clarke University in 2014. She has a bachelor of Arts in Literature, Creative Writing and Secondary Education.

Prior to accepting her position with Glenwood City, the former Iowan taught seventh and eighth grade in Preston, Iowa, for one year, and taught at New Hampton High School for two years.

Hauber’s choice to work at GCHS is a practical one, since she just moved to River Falls and was seeking a position with a small district.

Misty Ohman

Misty Ohman joins Glenwood City Elementary as a first-grade teacher.

She is a 1997 graduate of Albert Lea High School, and completed a degree in elementary education with a specialty in pre-primary at Minnesota State University – Mankato in 2002. She has spent the past 13 years with the Hudson School District.

Ohman expressed excitement at working in the same school her three children attend, and said she wanted to work in the same community where she lives.

Kelly Riesselman

Riesselman is from Eau Claire, and graduated from Memorial High School in 2004. She will be teaching fifth grade at GCE after obtaining a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts in English and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from UW-River Falls in 2008; she also has a master of science in education for Elementary Education from the same school in 2017.

Riesselman’s love of teaching in small, rural school districts is what prompted her to apply for the open position at Glenwood City. She previously taught for three years in the Baldwin-Woodville School District.

Amanda Rosenberger

Rosenberger is the teacher who had to travel the farthest to reach her new job.

The new cross-categorical special education/elementary K-2 special education instructor graduated from Broadalbin-Perth High School in Broadalbin, New York, in 2011, and holds a master’s degree in elementary and special education with a mathematics concentration from the State University of New York – Plattsburgh. She obtained the degree this past May.

Rosenberger served as a substitute teacher for several districts in New York prior to moving to Wisconsin, and moved to the Glenwood City area to be closer to her family, who moved from New York’s North Country to River Falls while she was completing her degree.

“Growing up in the small town of Broadalbin, New York, I was always grateful for the connection I had with my family and the community,” Rosenberger wrote. “I knew in grade school that teaching was a true passion of mine that needed to be fulfilled. Graduation opened many doors and exciting opportunities, one of which was the opportunity to move to Wisconsin.”

Rosenberger noted she is happy to be in Wisconsin, working for the Glenwood City district, and close to her family.

Tyler Schroyer

Schroyer arrived in Glenwood City via Altoona’s Class of 2009, and the UW-River Falls Class of 2014. He holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education with a minor in coaching, and will be teaching fourth grade at GCE.

He taught at St. Croix Central for the past three years, spending two years in first grade and one year in fourth grade.

He said he likes the Glenwood City area, and it is nice to be a little closer to his home.