By Garry Sigle, KANAAE Executive Director
Ms. Brittan Jost, middle school history instructor at El Dorado Middle School, USD 490, El Dorado, was recently awarded the $500 Doug Barnett History Teacher Scholarship through the Kansas Association of American Educators. KANAAE is a non-union professional educators’ association serving Kansas educators as well as college pre-service students.
The Doug Barnett History Teacher Scholarship has been established to honor the life of the namesake of this scholarship. Doug was a middle school history instructor at Pioneer Trail Middle School in the Olathe School district for many years. He was known for a great sense of humor, faith in his students and his faith in God. His friends characterized Doug by saying he loved the people to which he came in contact, was a lifelong learner and lived the life he encouraged others to live.
“KANAAE is excited to honor Brittan with this $500 stipend.” said Garry Sigle, KANAAE executive director. “Having educators in the classroom like Ms. Jost, that have the goal ‘to help my students see their own potential and learn the lessons of history’ is a benefit to the students and community!”
The KANAAE Doug Barnett History Teacher Scholarship is open to any Kansas educator who teaches history or social studies. The application deadline each year is November 30.
KANAAE also has a teacher scholarships and classroom grants program exclusively for any Kansas educator. The grants can help pay for a variety of materials for the classroom and scholarships can be used to cover a wide variety of expenses including tuition, books, conferences, and workshops. The next application deadline for these grants is March 1, 2026. For more information visit www.aaekansas.org.