Social studies teacher Jordan McGaughey (MO ’17) hopes kids leave his class charged about learning and prepared for college-level work: “If students are passionate about what they are learning, they’ll seek out more education as they get older.”
How has the AVID experience shaped Milken Educators? In a panel discussion at the AVID national conference in December 2017, four Milken Educator Award recipients talked about the impact AVID’s college-and-career-readiness strategies have had on their own practices and their students’ success.
Principal Adam Gehlhar (ND ’17) has holistic goals for students at Jamestown High School: “I want them all to find their purpose and to learn how to use their minds well.”
When a graduate school colleague convinced her to bring a bucket of organisms into a local middle school, marine biologist Tami Lunsford (DE ’17) knew she had found her purpose: “My heart kept calling me back to the classroom.”
Melanie Alfaro (NM ’17) began her career in the classroom after her son was born: “I wanted to be the type of teacher that I hoped my own children would have.” She received New Mexico’s Milken Educator Award at Deming Intermediate School on November 30, 2017.
Tenth-grader Jesse Roy was in the gym at Newark Charter High School the day we surprised Tami Lunsford (DE ’17), his biology teacher, with her Milken Award. Here's how the Award affected him.
After Michelle Ryan (MA '15) joined the Milken Educator family in 2015, a high-profile conference tapped her to present her first-ever keynote address. Here's what she learned.
A year later, 2016 Milken Educators reflect on the impact their Awards have made on their careers.
Jayda Pugliese (PA '16) and Maryann Molishus (PA '08) use web-based videoconferencing to nurture global citizens in their classrooms.
Born at the 2017 Milken Educator Awards Forum, a new mentoring program pairs experienced Milken Educators with new recipients to help them find their voice.
