Martha Strever featured on 'CBS Mornings,' other outlets; Watch here
Martha Strever's 64th year teaching has been like none other in her lengthy tenure at Linden Avenue Middle School.
Ms. Strever's status as New York's longest serving teacher, as well as the school applications to secure her three Guiness World Records, has attracted media attention at the local and national levels. The latest instance came Monday, when "CBS Mornings" aired a two-minute segment highlighting her impact on Red Hook families through generations, as part of its weekly "Beg Knows America" segment. Watch the segment from the beginning of Martha's portion below.
Already this fall, Martha has been featured several media publications, with more expected. They include:
Ms. Strever is the longest-serving active teacher in New York, according to records submitted by school districts annually to the New York State Education Department, and is the longest active member of New York State United Teachers. Her time at LAMS officially began in 1961, before Red Hook High School or Mill Road Elementary were built, though she also was a student-teacher at the school the previous year. In 1971, she became Red Hook’s math department chair – the district’s first female department head – a position she held for 49 years.
The Guinness World Records applications submitted include the longest teaching career in one school, the longest career for a female math teacher, and the longest-serving department head.
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