Heather Crocker MA Ed.
Heather Crocker is the Coordinator of the Waite Leadership Program. With her passion for education, it shows through her work of founding and developing this program into what it is today. She has been an educator in the NLMUSD for over a decade, but her career in education started 14 years ago. Mrs. Crocker started teaching at a small private school in Norwalk, then after completing her teaching credential at Biola University she started her public education career at Corvallis Middle School. After one year, an opportunity arose at Waite Middle School and she has never looked back. Prior to her teaching career, she was a marine biologist and worked at the Aquarium of the Pacific.
In 2019, Mrs. Crocker was awarded Teacher of the Year at Waite for her efforts in creating and building the WLP. She was also a finalist for district teacher of the year, above all other middle school teachers in the district. During that time, Mrs. Crocker went back to BIOLA to achieve her Masters degree in education, using the WLP as her focus for her thesis. In 2019, she achieved her goal in earning her MA Ed.
Mrs. Crocker is married to her soul mate of 23 years Matthew Crocker and she is a proud mother of two kids, Brittany and Casey.
In 2019, Mrs. Crocker was awarded Teacher of the Year at Waite for her efforts in creating and building the WLP. She was also a finalist for district teacher of the year, above all other middle school teachers in the district. During that time, Mrs. Crocker went back to BIOLA to achieve her Masters degree in education, using the WLP as her focus for her thesis. In 2019, she achieved her goal in earning her MA Ed.
Mrs. Crocker is married to her soul mate of 23 years Matthew Crocker and she is a proud mother of two kids, Brittany and Casey.