Samantha Balbarin is a 2022-2023 Teach Plus Illinois Affinity Group Facilitator and an English teacher, Reading Specialist, and Push-In Instructional Coach at Mundelein High School in Mundelein. She supports and advocates for all students’ literacy, executive functioning, and social-emotional needs through her various roles. She is an active participant in her district’s equity training and is a member of their Equity Action Committee, co-facilitating the sub-committee, Conversations for Compassion. As an instructional coach, she has supported the transition to the Earned Honors de-tracking initiative in Freshmen Social Studies, Biology, and English. She earned her BA in English Education from Illinois State University, her MA in Reading from St. Xavier University, and certification in ESL from the University of St. Francis.
