Manalapan Kindergarten Teacher Chosen as Library of Congress' Teacher-In-Residence

Manalapan kindergarten teacher Teresa St. Angelo was announced as the 2016-2017 Teacher-in-Residence at the Library of Congress in Washington DC. She is the first elementary teacher chosen in the program's sixteen years.

"Spending this year as Teacher in Residence allows me the amazing opportunity to research, collaborate with expert staff, and enjoy the incredible history housed at the Library of Congress," St. Angelo said.

St. Angelo has been with the Manalapan-Englishtown School District for eighteen years. She has also taught undergraduates and pre-schoolers at Rutgers, and presented child-friendly programs at the Ocean County College Planetarium.

The Teacher-in-Residence spends the year using Library of Congress resources to create a project that will benefit their hometown or district in the following school year. St. Angelo will be developing primary source portfolios for teachers in kindergarten through second grade.

She is no stranger to the Library of Congress: St. Angelo participated in their Summer Teacher Institute in 2011. She was awarded the Teacher of The Year Governor's Award and was recognized by NASA for her contributions to childhood science education.

“Ms. St. Angelo already has a distinguished career and this is certainly a feather in her cap," Congressman Chris Smith, who represents St. Angelo's home district, said in a statement. "Manalapan, Monmouth County and all of New Jersey should be proud that she has achieved this honor and will be in a position to help educators across the country.”

The Library of Congress is the research arm of the United States Congress, and is the world's largest library.

Picture: St. Angelo with Congressman Smith, via Smith's website.