Wilma Marie Springer

Elementary School Educator (Retired)

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A Timeline of Professional Milestones

1933

Ms. Springer is born in Goshen, Indiana to Noah and Laura Kaufman.

1956

Ms. Springer receives a Bachelor of Arts from Goshen College and becomes a teacher at Topeka Elementary School in Indiana.

1957

Ms. Springer marries Walter Frederick Springer.

1957

Ms. Springer becomes a teacher at Metamora Grade School in Illinois.

1960

Ms. Springer receives a Master of Science from Bradley University.

1960

Ms. Springer becomes a teacher in the Bellflower Unified School District in California.

1970

Ms. Springer becomes a teacher at Lindstrom Elementary School in Lakewood, California.

1985

Ms. Springer receives the Cathedral Star Award from the Women’s Ministries of Crystal Cathedral.

1986

Ms. Springer is appointed elementary director of the Bellflower Education Association.

1989

Ms. Springer becomes a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School in Bellflower, California.

1991

Ms. Springer is appointed president of the Bellflower Education Association.

1992

Ms. Springer becomes a teacher at Woodruff Elementary.

1993

Ms. Springer becomes a teacher at Williams Elementary in Lakewood, California.

1996

Ms. Springer becomes a teacher at Baxter Elementary in Bellflower, California.

1996

Ms. Springer is appointed chairperson of gifted and talented education at Baxter Elementary.

1999

Ms. Springer is appointed to the E2K Forum Panel, Education into the 21st Century, held at California State University Long Beach.

2001

Ms. Springer retires from elementary school education.

2003

Ms. Springer is appointed by People to People Ambassadors with 17 U.S. educators to observe and dialogue from preschool to university levels in South Africa.

2015

Ms. Springer receives the Ambassador of Zion Award from Shimon Peres, the former President of Israel, and Dr. Mike Evans, Founder of Zion Museum in Jerusalem.

2017

Ms. Springer is inducted into the International Educators’ Hall of Fame in Orange County, California.

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