Biography - Mrs. Joann Kasten
Individual and Small Group Instruction Teacher and Coordinator
Mrs. Kasten is a graduate of Dr. Martin Luther College. She furthered her education at Bemidji State College, Michigan State University, The Southwest Michigan Library Cooperative, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay as well as taking many continuing educational opportunities offered by State and District Teachers’ Conferences, WELS Leadership Conferences, and online webinars. She is trained in the Barton Reading and Spelling System.
She previously taught at St. Croix Lutheran High School, West St. Paul, St. John’s Lutheran School, Two Rivers, Trinity Lutheran School, Marinette, and St. Paul Lutheran School, Green Bay before being called to Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran School in 2017. In addition to teaching and coordinating volunteers, she coaches forensics.
Mr. and Mrs. Kasten have been blessed with two sons (both WELS teachers), three daughters (a registered dietician, a teacher trainer, and a doctor of pharmacy), and eight grandchildren.
She enjoys serving with the faculty, students, and families of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran School by being mindful of the mission to teach children and their families about God’s plan of salvation, to guide them in applying their faith to their lives and to share that faith with others through an excellent Christ-centered curriculum and environment.
1 John 3:1 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!
Mrs. Kasten is a graduate of Dr. Martin Luther College. She furthered her education at Bemidji State College, Michigan State University, The Southwest Michigan Library Cooperative, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay as well as taking many continuing educational opportunities offered by State and District Teachers’ Conferences, WELS Leadership Conferences, and online webinars. She is trained in the Barton Reading and Spelling System.
She previously taught at St. Croix Lutheran High School, West St. Paul, St. John’s Lutheran School, Two Rivers, Trinity Lutheran School, Marinette, and St. Paul Lutheran School, Green Bay before being called to Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran School in 2017. In addition to teaching and coordinating volunteers, she coaches forensics.
Mr. and Mrs. Kasten have been blessed with two sons (both WELS teachers), three daughters (a registered dietician, a teacher trainer, and a doctor of pharmacy), and eight grandchildren.
She enjoys serving with the faculty, students, and families of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran School by being mindful of the mission to teach children and their families about God’s plan of salvation, to guide them in applying their faith to their lives and to share that faith with others through an excellent Christ-centered curriculum and environment.
1 John 3:1 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!
