My name is David A. Leone. This is my 45th year in public education. This is my third year at KCIA. Before coming to KCIA I spent 9 years as a 6th grade teacher in Blue Springs, Missouri and I spent 4 years as principal of Hillcrest Elementary in Belton, Missouri. Then I spent 27 […]
Hi, my name is Jamie Jansen and I am the Middle School principal at KCIA. I started my teaching career at the elementary level where I taught for 10 years. I then transitioned into a special education teacher for middle and high school students for the next 7 years. Before becoming the principal at KCIA, […]
My name is Hannah VanAusdal. This is my 14th year in public education. This is my sixth year here at KCIA. Before coming to KCIA I was a third, fourth and fifth grade teacher, an Instructional Coach and an Assistant Principal in the Kansas City area. I am married and have two sons- Teddy and […]
My name is Courtney Minnich, and this is my 12th year in education. I began my career in 2010 teaching English to students in Guatemala. I then taught 3rd grade for six years in Liberty, Missouri. In 2017, I came to Kansas City International Academy and spent a year as an ELL Specialist, a year […]
My name is Kate McDowell, and this year is my 12th in education. I grew up in Joliet, IL, and moved to Missouri in 2004 to study journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia. I spent three years working as a writer at a newspaper in South Carolina before beginning a career as a teacher. I […]
My name is Jennifer Wilson and this is my 24th year in education. My first teaching job was with third graders in the Kansas City, Kansas school district. Since then I have taught special needs preschool, first grade, fourth grade and fifth grade. I was also a Curriculum Director and Elementary Principal before coming to […]
My name is Dr. Jake Boswell, and this is my 13th year in education. I started my career as a middle and high school Social Studies Teacher at a residential treatment facility in 2009. In 2011, I took a position as a high school Special Education Teacher in Liberty, MO. Three years later, I became […]
