Pernille Ripp

Madison, Wisconsin Area United States

7th Grade Teacher at Oregon Middle School

Education

Background: Since I was a child growing up in Bjerringbro, Denmark, I knew I wanted to work with children and somehow help them become the person they envisioned. In January of 2008 I took my first step in making a difference by becoming a math resource teacher, and then transitioned into the classroom as a full time general educator teaching 4th and 5th grade. Now I embark on a new challenge as I become a 7th grade English teacher in the phenomenal Oregon school district here in Wisconsin. There is nowhere else I would rather be every day than in the classroom. In 2010, I created the Global Read Aloud; a global reading project that has connected more than 200,000 students on 6 co...