Editor’s note: The following press release was received from UW-Whitewater. It is likely that some of the students listed did not live in Whitewater prior to their enrollment at UW-W. The university includes students who have registered with a Whitewater area address.

The following students will represent the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater as student teachers during the spring 2026 semester:

53190 Whitewater, WI: Aidan Allamian, who is majoring in Physical Education and will work in Physical Education at Madison Elementary School the Janesville school district(s).

53190 Whitewater, WI: Daven Cooper, who is majoring in English Literature & Language Arts Education and will work in English at Milton Middle School the Milton school district(s).

53190 Whitewater, WI: Larissa Eaker, who is majoring in English Literature & Language Arts Education and will work in English & Language Arts at McFarland High School the McFarland school district(s).

53190 Whitewater, WI: Cameron Huntley, who is majoring in History Education and will work in Social Studies at Jefferson High School the Jefferson school district(s).

53190 Whitewater, WI: Megan Kasper, who is majoring in Elementary Middle Education and will work in Elementary & Middle at Lakeview Elementary School the Whitewater school district(s).

53190 Whitewater, WI: Katherine Sainsbury, who is majoring in Elementary Education and will work in Elementary & Middle at Purdy Elementary School the Ft. Atkinson school district(s).

Students from the university’s College of Education and Professional Studies will serve as student teachers through the end of the school year.

A total of 156 UW-Whitewater students were placed in school districts around the region starting in August. Student teaching is the final activity before teacher candidates earn their degree and license.

UW-Whitewater will partner with 191 cooperating teachers across 118 schools in 71 districts over the course of the semester.

Student teachers assist cooperating teachers with lesson planning, instruction and assessment. This spring, 33 UW-Whitewater teacher candidates were hired by school districts as student teaching interns as part of the Department of Public Instruction’s Wisconsin Improvement Program (WIP). Interns are licensed by the DPI to teach up to 50 percent of each day on their own and receive a stipend for the semester.

UW-Whitewater licenses the most teachers in the state of Wisconsin. Educating teachers was the university’s original mission during its founding in 1868. To learn more about the College of Education and Professional Studies at UW-Whitewater, visit uww.edu/coeps.