Teaching Minds and Touching Hearts – A Fellowship-Winning Special Education Teacher
Nick Tomasso is a special education teacher teaching at Catalyst Circle Rock elementary school in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. Tomasso fulfills Catalyst’s mission, “Teaching Minds and Touching Hearts” by building relationships with students through innovative teaching methods and hands-on experiences. His contribution to Catalyst brought him to be selected as a teacher fellow for the 2019-2020 Northrop Grumman Foundation Teachers Academy. He was the only teacher selected from Illinois and is going to participate with other educators to expand their knowledge about improving their teaching."