Current Openings
School | Filled by | Prior Location | Previous Teacher | Leaving For… |
Logan View | Dan Mowinkel | Retired | ||
Hitchcock County | Katelyn Day | Resigned | ||
Sidney | New Program | n/a | ||
Leyton | Tracy Cooper | Resigned | ||
Gordon-Rushville | Katie Shadbolt | Resigned | ||
Valentine | Second Position | n/a | ||
Palmyra | Shaylee Traux | Chambers | Ken Malone | Retired |
Osceola | Steve Schmit | Retired | ||
Bridgeport | TBA | Zach Malcolm | Resigned |
School | Filled by | Prior Location | Previous Teacher | Leaving For… |
Cozad | McKenzie Koening | West Texas A&M Grad | Rebekah Kraeger | Resigned |
Dundy County Straton | Vanessa Knutson (Jan. 2020 start) | UNL Graduate, Student teaching at Medicine Valley | Christen Williamson | Southern Valley |
Potter-Dix | Alyssa Lewark | Non-traditional | New Program | n/a |
Southern Valley | Christen Williamson | Dundy County | Kate Likens | Axtell |
Arthur County | Kristen Rutt | Non-traditional | Kim Channer | Retirement |
Crete | Filled by STS Instructor | Second Position | n/a | |
Seward | Emilia Brozek | Came back to teaching | Sarah Morton | Resigned |
Axtell | Kate Likens | Southern Valley | Rebecca Cornelius | Resigned |
Kearney | Did not fill (Third position) | Third Ag Ed Position | n/a | |
Elba | KateLynn Ness | UNL Graduate, Student taught at Lyons-Decatur | Aubrie Brown | St. Paul, Media Specialist |
Bruning-Davenport | Lynn Hansen | UNL Graduate, Student taught at Fillmore Central | Siera Meyer | Kenesaw |
Conestoga | Kaitlin Taylor | UNL Graduate, Student taught at Seward | Seth Burge | Perkins County Middle School Science Position |
Lewiston | Kurt Wissenburg | Came back to teaching | Craig Lister | Resigned |
Waverly | STS Instructor | New Middle School Opening | n/a | |
Diller-Odell | Craig Lister | Lewiston | Katie Husman | Resigned |
Anselmo-Merna | Molly Maresh | Schuyler | Kara Reimers | Resigned |
Kenesaw | Siera Meyer | Bruning-Davenport | New Program | n/a |
Boone Central | STS Instructor | Potential Second Position | n/a | |
Lakeview | Emilye Vales | UNL Graduate, Student taught at McCool Junction | Catherine Chmelka | David City |
Boyd County | Lesley Soles | SDSU Graduate | Raquel Taylor | Resign, Grad School |
Chambers | Shaylee Traux | UNL Graduate, Student taught at Freeman | Maranda Kegley | Elm Creek |
NE Unified District #1 – Orchard | Jessy Hilkemeier | Came back to teaching | New Position | n/a |
Schuyler | Charles Hosier & Casey Harper | UNL Graduate, Student taught at Eustis-Farnam UNL Graduate, Student taught at Randolph | Mollie Maresh Added Second Position | Anselmo-Merna n/a |
Ainsworth | Emily Whipple | UNL Graduate, Student taught at Pender | Roger Lechtenberg | Retirement |
Mullen | Trevor Ginkens | UNL Graduate, Student taught at Burwell | Cheyenne Hurlburt | Resigned |
David City | Catherine Chmelka | Lakeview (Columbus) | Jenny Kocian | East Butler |
Central City | Breann Zimmer | UNL Graduate, Student taught at West Holt | Potential Second Position | n/a |
Rock County | Kara Burns | UNL Graduate, Student taught at Amherst | Second Position | n/a |
Aurora | Sarah Frisbie | NWMS Graduate, student taught at Waverly | Dana Anderson | Retirement |
Bancroft-Rosalie (.15 time) | Amy Piere-Soll | Non-traditional | New Program | n/a |
Friend | Amy Tomlinson | State Staff | Jessie Bower | Resigned |
York | Rachelle Allen | UNL Graduate, student taught at York | Cal Williams | Retirement |
North Platte | Did not fill (Second position) | Potential Second Position | n/a | |
Winside | STS Instructor | Potential New Program | n/a | |
Cambridge | STS Instructor | Potential Second Position | n/a | |
Palmer | Juliana Kroeger | UNL Graduate, Student taught at Adams Central | Dennis Mottl | Retirement |
Centennial | Holly Podliska | UNL Graduate, Student taught at Rock County | Arne Anderson | Retirement |
Elm Creek | Maranda Kegley | Chambers | Kate Quiring | Grand Island Senior High, Science position |
West Point | STS Instructor | Potential Second Position | n/a | |
Wausa | STS Instructor | Potential New Program | n/a | |
McCook | Savannah Schafer | UNL Graduate, student taught at Scottsbluff | Lauren Miller | Resigned |
Raymond Central | Whitney Lehn | Hired as full-time instructor beginning January 2019 | Whitney Lehn | Served as a long-term sub fall semester |
St. Edward | Alex Cumming | UNL Graduate, student taught at Ashland-Greenwood | Tim Laughlin | Retirement |
East Butler | Jenny Kocian | David City | Chris Palensky | Serves as long-term sub through May 2019 |
Sandy Creek | Reduced to one teacher program | Mattison Sullivan | Resigned | |
Lexington Middle School (Jan. 2019 start) | Haley Rogers | UNL Graduate, student taught at Gothenburg | Adding 2nd position | n/a |
Gordon-Rushville (Jan. 2019 start) | Katie Compton | UNL Graduate, student taught at Blue Hill | Maynard Conroy | Retirement |
Tekamah-Hermn (Jan. 2019 start) | Haley Zabel | UNL Graduate, student taught at Humphrey | Chris Fleischman | Serves as long-term sub |
School | Filled by | Prior Location | Previous Teacher | Leaving For… |
Stapleton | Rachel (Che) Balcom | Transitional Permit | New Program | n/a |
Raymond Central | Whitney Lehn | Long-Term Sub | Casey Carriker | Crete |
Arapahoe | Chandler Hambidge | Transitional Permit | Guy Kuntz | Resigned |
Minatar | Nicole D’Angelo-Sorensen | Seward | Matt Korkow | Principal at West Boyd |
Elba | n/a | n/a | Aubrie Brown | Decided to Stay |
Hyannis | n/a | n/a | Tim Davis | Decided to Stay |
Morrill-Mitchell | Walker Dobry | IT teacher adding a Provisional Endorsement | Combined Program, second teacher at Mitchell | n/a |
Gordon-Rushville | n/a | n/a | Maynard Conroy | Decided to stay through December |
Sutton | Shawna Wheeler | UNL Graduate, student taught at Ord | Jesse Bower | TBA |
Shelby-Rising City | Morgan Fangmeier | UNL Graduate, student taught at Sutton | Whitney Lehn | Resigned |
Friend/Exeter Milligan | Jesse Bower | Sutton | Eric Hauge | Resigned |
Southern Valley | Kate Likens | UNL Graduate, student taught at McCool Junction | Jon Lechtenberg | Principal at Chase County |
Sterling | Taylor Schultz | UNL Graduat, student taught at Grand Island NW | Emilia Woeppel | Resigned |
East Butler | Chris Palensky | Long Term Sub | Shane Hennessey | Resigned |
Crete | Casey Carriker | Raymond Central | Marc Wittstruck | Retirement |
Omaha Bryan, second teacher | Taylor Cooper | UNL Graduate, student taught at Seward | New Position | n/a |
Tekamah-Herman | Chris Fleischman | Long Term Sub | Bailey Kobs | Resigned |
Schuyler | Mollie Maresh | South Dakota Graduate | Brant Peters | Resigned |
Mullen | Cheyenne Hurlburt | Wyoming Graduate | Abby Ford | Resigned |
Arlington | Jill Hensley | Blair | Billy Grannemann | Resigned |
Alliance | Ashtyn Shrewsbury | Transitional Permit | Lori Walla | Retirement |
Sandhills | Emilee Elwood | Wyoming Graduate | Justin Nollette | Cody-Kilgore |
Dundy County Stratton | Christen Williamson | UNL Graduate, student taught at Southern Valley | Nathan Behlke | Resigned – Industry |
Cedar Bluffs | Decided to hire IT Teacher | School will be co-oping | Tim Hendricks | Resigned |
Chambers | Maranda Kegley | UNL Graduate, student taught at Newman Grove | Paige Shuler | Resigned |
Broken Bow | Maggie Louthan | UNL Graduate, student taught at Rock County | Carrie Summerford | Resigned |
Seward | Sarah Morton | UNL Graduate, student taught at Auburn | Nicole D’Angelo | Resigned |
Cody-Kilgore | Justin Nollette | Sandhills | Tim Nollette | Retirement |
Madison | Alyssa Went | Transitional Permit | Suzy Foley | Long Term Sub/Science Teacher |
Ewing | Decided to look for IT teacher | School Considered adding an Ag Program | ||
Kearney | Spencer Noble | UNL Graduate | Kathleen Cullinan | North Platte |
Wood River | Zana DeJong | South Dakota | Juliana Loudon | Resigned |
Ansley | Blair Hartman | UNL Graduate, student taught at Fillmore Central | Brandon Grosserode | Elkhorn Valley |
Meridian | Sarah Wollenburg | UNL Graduate, student taught at Ashland-Greenwood | New Program | n/a |
Sandy Creek | Jacob Goldfuss | UNL Graduate, student taught at Sandy Creek | Amy Tomlinson | State Staff Position |
Sandy Creek | Mattison Sullivan | UNL Graduate, student taught at Scottsbluff | new position | n/a |
Blair | Morgan Kowalewski | UNL Graduate, student taught in Pawnee City | Jill Hensley | Arlington |
North Platte | Kathleen Cullinan | Kearney | New Program | n/a |
Elkhorn Valley | Brandon Grosserode | Ansley | New Program | n/a |
Bloomfield | Kaydee Caldwell | UNL Graduate, Student taught at Boone Central | Amber Endres | |
O’Neill (January Start) | Kelli Meusch | UNL Graduate, student taught at Valentine | Amanda Horn | Resigned |
Axtell | Rebecca Cornelius | UNL Graduate, Student taught at Blue Hill | New Program | n/a |
Arcadia | Christinda Scheideler | UNL Graduate, Student taught at Gothenburg | Vicki Bauer | Long-Term Sub |
School | Filled By | Prior Location | Previous Teacher | Leaving For… |
Creek Valley | Halie Meints | Bridgeport | Added a 1/2 time second position | n/a |
Santee | Irene Graves | Laurel-Concord-Coleridge | New Program | n/a |
Hyannis | Tim Davis | Kansas | Bradley Goering | Kansas Teaching Position |
Orchard | IT Teacher | n/a | n/a | school considered starting a program |
Elba | Aubrie Brown | New Mexico, Transitionally Certified | Kara Reimers | Anselmo-Merna |
Cozad (2nd Opening) | Rebekah Spader | Transitionally Certified | Taylor Haley | Resigned |
Bridgeport (August Start) | Zach Malcolm | Long Term Sub | Halie Meints | Creek Valley |
Leigh | Brandy Held | Provisionally Endorsed | Don Tyser | Retirement |
Arcadia | Vicki Bauer | Long Term Sub | Robert Swett | Retirement |
Madison | Suzy Goedeken & Jaci Palmer | Long Term Sub | Jessy Eggerling | Resigned |
Allen | Josh Batenhorst | Transitionally Certified | Bill Chase | IT Position |
Deshler | Ron Rickstrew | Diller-Odell | New Program | n/a |
Arapahoe-Holbrook | Guy Kuntz | Colorado | Courtney Bahe | Resigned, South Dakota |
Anselmo-Merna | Kara Reimers | Elba | Elizabeth Eastep | Resignation |
Lewiston | Craig Lister | Kansas | Dave Barnard | Tri-County |
Broken Bow | Carrie Summerford | UNL Graduate, student taught at Scottsbluff | Lonnie Koepke | Retirement |
Tri County | Dave Barnard | Lewiston | Kurt Wissenburg | Resigned |
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge | Evey Choat | UNL Graduate, Student taught at McCool Junction | Irene Graves | Resignation |
Sandy Creek | Industry Person | n/a | n/a | School considered adding a 2nd teacher |
Elm Creek | Kate Quiring | UNL Graduate, student taught at Centura | Lauren Ibach | McCook |
Neligh-Oakdale | Kali Bohling | UNL Graduate, Student taught at Crofton | New program | n/a |
Overton | April Faimon | Transitionally certified | New program | n/a |
Keya Paha | Ellen Revell | Kansas State Graduate | Russell Stoker | Crawford |
West Boyd | Raquel Taylor | Utah State Graduate | Jerome Engelhaupt | Retirement |
Johnson-Brock | Dawn Metschke | Provisional Endorsement | New Program | n/a |
Crawford | Russell Stoker | Keya Paha | New Program | n/a |
Plattsmouth | Nicole Stork | NWMS Graduate | Second Position | n/a |
Cozad (1st opening) | Taylor Haley | AZ, previously taught at Ogallala | New Program | n/a |
Elwood | Reed Kraeger | UNL Student, student taught at Burwell | New program | n/a |
McCook | Lauren Ibach | Elm Creek | Steve Drevet | Resignation |
Diller-Odell (Jan. Start) | Katie Husman | UNL Student, student taught at Rock County | Ron Rickstrew | Resigned |
Wayne | Toni Rasmussen | UNL Student, student taught at Humphrey | New Program | n/a |
Bridgeport (Jan. Start) | Halie Meints | Alternative Certification Program via UNL | Alissa Copple | Resigned |
Pierce (Jan. Start) | Matt Neal | Previously taught in Georgia | Ann Muhs/Henry Goeden | Long Term Sub/Industry |
Verdigre | Alex Cunningham | UNL Student, Student taught at Verdigre | Kevin Rana | Retirement |
Cambridge (January Start) | Miranda Paitz | UNL Student, Student taught at Holdrege | Kristy Witte | was a long-term sub |