Samantha Smith

Samantha Smith is a 1st-grade teacher and School Improvement Team member at a large suburban school district in Illinois. Her previous roles included literacy intervention, grant coordinator, PBIS coach, and 5th and 6th-grade teacher. As a wife and mother of three very young children, Samantha is passionate about finding ways to coordinate school and home life so that she brings out the best in her family and students. She loves the musical Hamilton, being involved at church, and the Backstreet Boys!