Faculty
Laurel Klaassen Instructor in Education
Education:
M.A., Morningside College
B.A., Westmar College
Laurel Klaassen has decades of expertise in classroom instruction and school counseling, the latter in both group and individual settings. She has served as a school counselor for both the George-Little Rock and Sibley-Ocheyedan community school districts. She also taught family and consumer sciences for the Sanborn, Boyden-Hull, and Sibley-Ocheyedan school districts.
Klaassen attended Northwestern College for two years before earning a bachelor's degree in home economics from Westmar College in Le Mars, Iowa. She also earned a master's degree in school guidance and counseling K–12 from Morningside College.
School Counselor, Sibley-Ocheydan Community School District, Sibley, IA, 2003–present
Family and Consumer Science Instructor, Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District, Sibley, IA, 1995–1996
School Counselor, George-Little Rock Community Schools, George, IA, 1992–1995
Family and Consumer Science Instructor, Boyden-Hull community School District, Hull, IA, 1987–1992
Family and Consumer Science Instructor, Sanborn Community School District, Sanborn, IA, 1984–1987
Iowa State Education Association
Iowa School Counselor Association
Sibley-Ocheyedan Education Association
Served on the PBIS team at Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School
Elected president, Iowa School Counselor Association, served 4 years
