Kate Wedekind, Impact of Female Shop Teacher on Students

Kate Wedekind grew up on a farm in Butler, IL.  Growing up, she was involved in FFA, 4-H, and spent a lot of her free time showing Spot hogs.  She is a 2006 graduate of Hillsboro High School in Illinois, a 2008 graduate of the Lincoln Land Community College agriculture department, and a 2010 graduate of Western Illinois University with a B.S. in Agriculture Education.  She is currently employed at Pawnee JR/SR High School as the Industrial Arts teacher.  Throughout her career, she's worked in three different school districts as an agriculture teacher, but Pawnee is her first industrial arts position.