John Meisner is originally from Southern California but grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. After teaching English in the Clark County School District, he came to the Iron County School District and taught English, Spanish and reading like a boss. During the last four years he worked as the Professional Development, ESL and New Teacher Induction Coordinator for the Iron County School District. Additionally he’s worked with the Utah State Office of Education in curriculum and assessment. He’s an alumnus of Southern Utah University where he earned both a B.A. and M.Ed. and is now working on a Ph.D. at Utah State University. John now works in the teacher preparation program in the College of Education and Human Development at SUU and focuses primarily on secondary education and content area literacy. He believes the children are our future; we should teach them well and let them lead the way.