The Emergent Educators' Advisory Council (formerly Young Educators’ Advisory Council) is a working group of educators in their first few years of teaching from rural classrooms around the country. Members advise RSC on how to support the recruitment, preparation, and retention of young rural teacher-leaders, and receive professional development in implementing Place-Based Education and grant-writing into their classrooms. Council members come from within our hub regions, and represent the diverse schools in our Regional Hub network.

This year’s council features nine educators, hailing from RSC Regional Hub Network partners in Appalachia, Arkansas & Delta, Arizona, Illinois, Indiana Great Lakes, Kansas, Missouri Ozarks, Northern Rockies, and the Pacific Northwest. The grades they teach from, from early elementary through high school, and subjects from physical sciences to special education. To learn more about each member, explore below: