Rebecca Wattleworth is a Teach Plus Illinois Teaching Policy Fellow. She teaches 9th through 12th grade math and science at Warrensburg-Latham High School. Rebecca is the union building representative, math and science department PLC lead, insurance committee chair, and voting member for the PERA Joint Committee. She has been the co-chair of the past three Illinois ECET2 conferences and is the co-chair for Advance Illinois EAC. Rebecca was a 2016 ISBE Merit Award recipient, 2014 Illinois Teacher of the Year Finalist, and 2014 National Hope Street Fellow. She graduated from Millikin University with a BS in Chemistry and received her MS in Educational Administration from Eastern Illinois University.