Miss Duehr retired in 2026 after 34 years in Education.
At Eisenhower Elementary School in Dubuque, first- and second-grade looping teacher Tammy Duehr engaged students in active, hands-on learning activities. She created a classroom Cabinet in which each student was given a role such as the secretary of health and human services, who was responsible for escorting children to the nurse when needed. She included LD, mildly disabled and autistic children in her classroom and all of her students consistently scored well above grade level in reading. Under Miss Duehr's leadership, all first- and second-grade teachers at the school loop. She developed a yearlong district Staff Wellness Program and was involved in the state-sponsored "Every Child Reads" program. Outside the classroom, Miss Duehr could be found tutoring foreign-speaking citizens in English and helping organize dinners for low-income residents in a community program called "Food for Soul."
