Teacher led charge to move playground

The best teachers move mountains for their students every day. Sometimes, as in the case of Amber Holz, they also move playgrounds.

Holz is a Kindergarten teacher at Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools, a growing school district in Nebraska sandwiched between the larger cities of Omaha and Lincoln. She’s also a member of the Nebraska Early Childhood Workforce Leadership Cadre.

This group, led by the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska, is building the leadership skills of early childhood professionals from across the state. Over the past three years, Cadre members have been designing and implementing impact projects to help solve an early childhood-related need in their community.