Storytellers of the Future

Carly Bogaards is an educator with 16 years of classroom experience. Her current position is library media specialist. She is committed to teaching students about digital literacy by providing them the tools to allow them to critically think about the world around them. Recipient of the Liberty Public Schools’ Innovator of the year award, NRC Excellence in Education Award, and Teacher of the Year for Kellybrook and EPiC Elementary. Carly has received many grants and has presented at many conferences including: MASL, Project Lead the Way Missouri State Conference, and the National Connected Learning Summit on Integration of the Arts.

Claudia Howerton is a seasoned educator with 15 years of classroom experience including 3 years at EPiC Elementary, an innovation and technology school in Liberty, MO. Her current position as a library media specialist (7 years) has allowed her to continue working on her passion of guiding students to see themselves as future producers and storytellers. She is committed to engaging students with stories both of other people and their own in an effort to create more empathic, creative minded people. Claudia holds a Master of Technology Education and Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Early Childhood.