Shelly Parks

Shelly Parks, the 2019 Missouri Teacher of the Year, is a high school English teacher in St. Charles, MO at Francis Howell North High School. Shelly considers her greatest teaching accomplishment when students decide to join her in the education profession. Shelly is a recruiter of future teachers, an advocate for students who want to take AP courses but need support, a lover of cooperative learning, and a proponent of teachers creating greater work-life balance.