Susanna McConnell

Susanna Pierce McConnell is a curriculum consultant, University of Texas mentor teacher, and an AP Economics teacher who strives to make teaching and learning meaningful for teachers and students. In her past 14 years in education, she has taught social studies in the US and abroad, participated in Harvard's Globalizing the Classroom Fellowship, and has travelled with US teachers to schools in Japan and South Africa on two remarkable Study Tours. Susanna founded the Teacher Innovation Academy on her high school campus, where she has facilitated PD the past 3 years for educators who strive to share best practices through innovation. Susanna earned degrees in Spanish and International Economics and her Master in Arts in Teaching from Trinity University in San Antonio. Her greatest joys are finding the many connections of economics to the real world, traveling, speaking spanish, and spending time with her family.