Cheryl Gosnell is new this year at California Elementary School as a teacher of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) and Special Education. She also works in an after school tutoring program.
A graduate of Missouri State University, Springfield, earning both a B.S. in Elementary Education, 1-8; and an M.A. in Elementary Education, 1-8. She also earned a K12 ESOL endorsement degree from Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau.
Currently a California resident, Gosnell is from Willow Springs in Howell County, where she taught for 28 years. She taught second grade for 17 years, and was the first ESOL teacher in Howell County in 2000, continuing for 11 years.
For more of this story check out the Sept. 7 issue of the California Democrat.