Blake Bishop is a Social Studies teacher at a rural South Carolina school, where he also serves his district as an Emergency Response Coordinator and instructor in CPR, First Aid, and STOP THE BLEED®. He has taught since 2019 after graduating from Anderson University’s College of Education and earned a master’s degree in educational technology from Lander University in 2024. As a finalist for the 2025 South Carolina Teacher of the Year, Blake has spoken across the state on topics such as educational advocacy and leadership.
When schools shut down in March of 2020, I was in the middle of my first year of teaching. Although…