Angela Stempniak Femali

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a teacher for the deaf and the blind because I watched Little House on the Prairie and thought Mary and Laura were cool. As I got older, I wanted to be a theater teacher, but there's not a lot of those in public schools. I was working full-time and going to college full-time and living the college life full-time, and just kind of got tired of going to school, so I dropped the education part and just graduated with a theater major and worked for a few years before going back to get my English license. So yes, I always wanted to be a teacher, I just kind of took a few detours along the way. I've been an educator for 31 years and have taught English at my current school for 26 years. I teach 6 out of 7 class periods, anywhere from freshman English to college dual credit courses. As department chair for the past 3 years, I'm responsible for running department meetings, attending school-wide professional learning community meetings, budgeting for our department, and serving as both the play director and forensics director. I recently earned a doctoral degree in educational leadership and led my drama club to perform at the local performing arts center in Appleton, Wisconsin, for several thousand high school students in an alcohol and drug prevention program.