Hammack, RebekahStanton, Christine RogersBoyle, Judith2022-12-122022-12-122022-08Hammack, R., Stanton, C. R., & Boyle, J. (2022). “Step Outside”: A portrait of an exemplary rural K‐8 science educator. Journal of Research in Science Teaching.0022-4308https://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/17510This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: [“Step Outside”: A portrait of an exemplary rural K‐8 science educator. Journal of Research in Science Teaching (2022)], which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21809. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions: https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/licensing/self-archiving.html#3.This study uses portraiture methodology to co-construct and share the story of a nationally recognized rural K-8 science teacher with more than 30 years of teaching experience. Our analysis and synthesis revealed one central theme “Step Outside” and three subthemes: (1) Step Outside of the rural classroom, (2) Step Outside of the K-8 teacher's comfort zone, and (3) Step Outside of science silos, that have been central to the teacher's personal and professional journey. Examining the ways, these subthemes have intersected across the career of an exceptional rural teacher offers valuable insight to the development of teacher identity and how it shapes practice and research, especially within marginalized contexts such as K-8 science education and rural settings.en-UScopyright wiley 2022https://web.archive.org/web/20200106202133/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/library-info/products/price-listshttp://web.archive.org/web/20190530141919/https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/licensing/self-archiving.htmlK-8 scienceruralportraitureteacher identityplace-conscious pedagogyArticle