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Carol-Anne Hossler
Carol-Anne Hossler was born in New Jersey and lived in California, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut before moving to San Diego in 1964. She attended California Lutheran University and graduated in 1972. After finishing teacher training, she was hired to teach first grade in Oxnard, California.
Her first class was very diverse! Some students were black, some white. Some kids spoke English, some spoke Spanish; and some spoke a little English and a little Spanish—or “Spanglish.” Some kids were children of migrant workers and, consequently, they were in and out of her classroom. And then there was at least one child with “special needs,” because at that time special education had not been legislated.
In 1980 Carol-Anne moved with her family—husband Don and twin boys, David and Peter—to La Grange, Illinois. There she taught for three years in nearby Berwyn, a suburb of Chicago, and then was hired as the “lead teacher” at a private elementary school in Elgin, Illinois.
After a move to Bloomington, Indiana, Carol-Anne became an elementary principal, earned a doctorate in educational leadership, and then taught at Indiana University. She worked with students in the elementary education program and taught classes that provided opportunities for prospective teachers to consider and discuss the Civil Rights Movement.
In addition, she coordinated courses designed to prepare prospective teachers to work in increasingly diverse classrooms.
Carol-Anne has three sons; her youngest son, Jonathan, has significant life challenges due to mental retardation and autism. In her spare time, she enjoys family—especially her granddaughter—as well as friends, gardening, and advocacy. She continues to support and work for adults with disabilities. In addition, as a Court Appointed Special Advocate, Carol-Anne works with “Children in Need of Services.”
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Morgenstern Books
Recorded September 10, 2020