TOP Alumni News 2019 TOP Fellow of the Year Amy Perkins (second from left) is congratulated by former TOP Fellows of the year (from left to right) Ellen Resnek (2018), Jackie Littlefield (2016), Scott Noet (2009), and Mary T. McCullagh (2012).
TOP Alumni News 2004 Joshua Fradel retired as a Coordinator of Instruction from Worcester County Public School in Md. Moved to Florida and is currently working as a Policy Specialist for Worcester Public Schools. He has also started Cainewood Enterprises, specializing in online sales of unusual used books. (Clermont, FL) Jennifer Jolley was named the Florida History Teacher of the Year (2020) by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. She is a member of the Harvard Case Method 2020 teacher cohort, a 2020-2021 National Humanities Center Teacher Advisory Council member, a 2020-2021 Bill of Rights Institute Teacher Council member, as well as a 2020-2021 National Council for History Education Teacher Advisory Group member. (Palm Bay Magnet High School, Melbourne, FL)
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Harris Payne retired from a 32+ year career with Omaha Public Schools for six days in 2012 and became the Director of Social Studies for the Nebraska Department of Education. His work at the department centered around the state social studies standards and led the team to produce updated standards in 2019. He retired for a second time from the department at the end of May 2020. He is currently doing social studies education consulting and plans to teach some college-level geography courses in the spring. (Omaha, NE)
