Who we are:
Dan Hansen, M.Ed.
Dan is a veteran English teacher with more than 15 years of experience in a traditional, public school classroom. He is a Diamond level coach with the National Speech and Debate Association who has led teams to multiple state titles and to the quarter finals of nationals. He was awarded Teacher of the Year in 2011 He’s also an award-winning poet taking home the Lakefly Writers 2nd place prize in 2017. The poetry system you experience here has been developed by Dan in his classrooms over more than ten years of trial and error.
Becky Hansen, MA in English and Creative Writing
Becky is an award-winning writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her long list of publications includes stories featured in five volumes of Chicken Soup for the Soul, as well as pieces in multiple issues of Thriving Family Magazine, OnCourse Magazine, and LookOut Magazine. Her varied past includes work as a technical writer, a group home parent, and an English teacher. Since 2015 Becky has been a Learning Coach for a competency-based college program helping non-traditional students balance work and home and school.