Wisconsin River Academy | WRA

WRA Teachers
Mr. DuWayne Behnke: dwbehnke@wisp.k12.wi.us Mr. DuWayne Behnke has been teaching eighteen years, fourteen years have been devoted to teaching Physical Education in the Stevens Point School District. He taught twelve years of outdoor education, with the last four implementing the Wisconsin River Academy (charter school). DuWayne also instructs a Ropes Course Management class at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for the past 5 years; a class offered in the adventure education minor.
DuWayne is married and is the father of three amazing little people: Cooper 5, Emma 3, and Maggie 18 months. His hobbies include almost anything that involves the outdoors, in particular hunting, fishing, camping, ice fishing, hiking , canoeing, and kayaking. Special trainings include brain-based facilitation, KAGAN, white-water canoeing course (location: Maine/New Hampshire), rock climbing in Yosemite National Park, and Tom Brown Survival Classes (attended two consecutive years). DuWayne earned a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and Health, along with a teaching certificate in driver’s education. He has a master’s degree in Learning Disabilities. DuWayne was the head track coach at SPASH (Stevens Point Area Senior High) for 10 years, two years of which claimed runner-up state titles. DuWayne is the co-advisor of the fishing club, Wisconsin River Academy’s department Head, and also an official for the Intramurals at the high school. He also has been a Ducks Unlimited committee member for 10 years and actively involved in the Wisconsin River Clean Up Project.

Mr. Mark Bohanski: mbohanski@wisp.k12.wi.us Mr. Mark Bohanski received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1983 and earned a Masters of Arts in Education in 1999. He has taught Junior High Science and Senior High School Biology in the Stevens Point School for the past thirteen years. Prior to that he taught High School Biology in Idaho Falls , Idaho for three years. Special trainings that Mark has participated in include Brain-Based methodology of teaching, Kagen Strategies for better learning, and Citizens Water Monitoring.
Mark is married to Dana and they have five children; Callen, Kenton, Abby, Jenna, and John. Some of the things Mark likes to do in his “spare” time include spending time with his family, reading, woodworking, birding, camping, canoeing, fishing and hunting and just being outdoors enjoy Wisconsin’s natural resources.

Mr. Glen Reindl: glenr@wisp.k12.wi.us Mr. Glen Reindl has been in education for the past ten years. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point in 1995 with a degree in Broadfield Social Science, History, Communication and Political Science. Glen began his career teaching English as a Foreign Language in Seoul, South Korea and later taught two summers teaching English to Russian teachers in Rostov - Veliky, Russia. In 1998, Glen was hired as a junior high civics teacher and has spent the past eight years as a social studies teacher in the Stevens Point Area School District.
Glen has taught communication, civics, U.S. History and Wisconsin history, in addition to the local history and environmental issues presented in the Wisconsin River Academy curriculum. Glen currently serves as the intramural coordinator for Stevens Point Area Senior High, providing team sports for 700+ students a year. Glen has been active within the teachers’ union, serving as president for two years along with serving on the Public Relations Committee for several years. In 2004 Glen earned a masters degree in Teacher Leadership from Silver Lake College. His hobbies include kayaking, biking, camping, and just traveling.

Mrs. Jill Quinn jillq@wisp.k12.wi.us An East Coast native, Jill Quinn received her B.A. in English and Secondary Education Certification from the University of Maryland in 1997, and an M.A. in Environmental Studies, with a concentration in Environmental Education, from Montclair State University in 2000. While working toward her M.A., Jill completed a two-year teaching fellowship at Montclair’s field campus, the New Jersey School of Conservation (NJSOC). At NJSOC she led groups of middle-school-aged children in multidisciplinary, environmentally based courses that ranged from Blacksmithing to Climbing Wall to Water Ecology to Art in Nature.
After graduation, she worked for one year as an Environmental Educator at the Museum of the Hudson Highlands in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. At the museum, she led live animal programs for school groups, interpretive family programs, after-school programs, and summer camp. Jill then returned to NJSOC to work as an Environmental Educator for four years. There, in addition to teaching, she trained classroom teachers in outdoor teaching techniques, and created the maple sugaring program. Jill has taught English at SPASH for three years. Quinn will receive her M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College in 2008. Her natural history essays have appeared in Fourth Genre, Crab Orchard Review, Quarter after Eight, and American Nature Writing 2003. She was also the winner of the Annie Dillard Award in Creative Nonfiction in 2003. In addition to writing, Quinn enjoys hiking, backpacking, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing with her husband, Tom, and her Border collie. She is also an active volunteer for the Ice Age Trail Foundation and Project Self-help and Awareness, which facilitates better understanding between people from different cultures and races.