Marceita Wallberg is a former reporter with an inspirational story of her own. While teaching in a Miami juvenile detention center, she regularly encountered youthful inmates convicted of numerous, capital offenses. During her five years of teaching behind bars, she taught a curriculum that few teachers have ever presented.
Throughout her entire fifteen-year teaching career, Ms. Wallberg has recognized the importance of reaching out to individual students. She believes that every student is different, and that every student has varying interests, skills and ambitions. Her goal is to make a personal connection of trust and respect.
As a teacher at Florida Virtual School, Ms. Wallberg creates an effective, one-on-one connection with her students. She appreciates the FLVS student-centered instructional model in which teachers serve as guides on a journey of self-discovery. She also appreciates the opportunity to teach from home, while simultaneously raising her young daughter.
Ms. Wallberg has been recognized by the Miami Police Department for her commitment to youthful offenders. It is the kind of commitment that enabled her to work with a sixteen-year-old inmate charged with two murders and devoid of any hopes or goals. After deflecting his abusive language and demeanor, she began to work on his alphabet. After several months, her student learned to read and write. Today, although facing a life sentence, the young man is now working on his college degree. Ms. Wallberg has received the Paul Harris Fellow award from Rotary International, and has had numerous articles published in the Miami Herald newspaper.
Ms. Wallberg earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Florida State University.
