Teachers Exchange

Teachers' Exchange has grown into being the premier educational supply store in Central Florida. Its shelves stock over 60, 000 products from over 50 publishers of educational materials.

School Supplies (Wholesale) The Owner of Teachers Exchange is Stephen Mckown Business classifications
SIC (US 1987) : Stephen and Karen McKown of Spoudason, Inc. have owned and operated the Teachers' Exchange since 2005. They've been married since1989 and have 3 children, all of which have flourished in the Polk County School System. Both Stephen and Karen graduated in the 1980's from Universities in Michigan with Bachelors Degrees in Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry.
They worked and met in the Industrial Coatings Industry which took them across the country from Detroit, Michigan to Los Angeles, California. In 1994, Karen left a fulfilled career that started in Automotive R&D, transitioned to Aerospace Technical Support and finished in Manufacturing EHS. It was a privilege to be able to stay home for the next 10 years to manage a household and train up 3 wonderful children. In 2004, Steve retired from an illustrious career in developing numerous breakthrough coating technologies and as Technical Director of Research & Development. It was time for a change. Doors of opportunity opened and they moved to Lakeland, Florida to begin a new chapter. Within the first year, they became business owners of the Teachers' Exchange.
Over the last 14 years of doing business in and with the Polk County School System, the benefits have been both professional and personal. Both teachers and schools across Polk County continue to patron the Teachers' Exchange. Steve has continually, through the business, given back by supporting educational organizations such as the Polk Education Foundation, Teacher and School-Related Employee of the Year Banquet, Early Learning Coalition and others.
Personally, the McKown kids grew up and flourished in the Polk County School System. Before graduating high school, Nikki, the oldest, helped lead the George Jenkins Women's Varsity Volleyball team to the State Championships for the first time in 16 years. She went on to attend Northwood/Keiser Flagship University on both academic and athletic scholarships. She graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and was an All-Conference outside hitter in the Sun Conference. Nikki ended her illustrious volleyball career being named to the All-Conference 2nd Team, voted Offensive MVP of the year by her teammates and became the program