Jan describes herself and her life as “Eat. Sleep. Teach – that’s me. She believes that creativity and leadership are the core ingredients to sustain the “magic” of science for both students and teachers.
Jan Alderson
Overland Park, KS | Years Taught: 1969 – Present
Additional Recognition
- 2011 • Burroughs Audubon Outstanding Educator Award (Greater Kansas City Chapter)
- 2009 • Sister Mary Rockers Excellence in Teaching Award
- 1997 • Mid-America Education Hall of Fame
- 1991 • Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Science Teaching (PAEST)
- 1986-87 • State Awardee for Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Science Teaching
- 1985 • Missouri alternate for NASA’s Teacher in Space Program
- 1978 • Outstanding Missouri Conservation Educator (Conservation Federation of Missouri)
- 1975 • Outstanding State Science Teacher Award (Missouri Academy of Science)