Articles
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Spotlight: Katelyn Baker (TN '16)
March 20, 2017Katelyn Baker (TN '16) found math difficult when she was in school, but that's actually made her a better math teacher: "I can relate to the frustrations and misconceptions my students have in math."
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Spotlight: Amber Simpson (TX '16)
March 17, 2017The customer service skills and patience Amber Simpson (TX '16) learned in her very first job in a call center help her every day as an educator: "Much of what teachers do with the community, co-workers, parents and students is dealing with people."
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Spotlight: Jessica Villanueva (CA '16)
March 17, 2017Jessica Villanueva (CA '16) knows she's succeeding when she sees her students take risks without fear of making mistakes: "That's when I know they feel safe, loved and supported."
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Spotlight: Katherine Shaw (CA '16)
March 17, 2017Teachers put in long hours both inside and away from the classroom, but kindergarten teacher Katherine Shaw (CA '16) knows the ends justify the means: "All the efforts are for someone's child, and that child will be a contributor to our country."
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Spotlight: Amara Alexander (AL '16)
March 16, 2017Though Amara Alexander (AL '16) always preferred science to novels, her first job was teaching sixth-grade English. Vampire fiction got her hooked on books. Amara received Alabama's 2016-17 Milken Educator Award at Horizon Elementary School in Madison on November 29, 2017.
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Spotlight: Timothy Thomas (AZ '16)
March 16, 2017Principal Timothy Thomas (AZ '16) has a mountain of administrative responsibilities, but his favorite moments are the ones he spends visiting classrooms: "I love kneeling down next to primary students and having them read for me."
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Spotlight: Amanda Christensen (SD '16)
March 16, 2017Fourth-grade teacher Amanda Christensen (SD '16) tells her students about the farm chores she did when she was their age, from yard work to caring for cattle and breaking horses: "I want to help them understand that they can do anything."
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Spotlight: Lisa Richard (OR '16)
March 15, 2017Lisa Richard (OR '16) loves math because each problem offers so many different paths to the same solution. She focuses her third-graders on the process rather than the answer: "What strategy did you choose?"
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Spotlight: Traci Druschke (IN '16)
March 15, 2017Traci Druschke (IN '16) says her Award assembly left a lasting imprint on her school: "The students are proud of me, but they are also proud of each other."
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Spotlight: Tiffany Tynes Curry (OH '16)
March 14, 2017Math and science specialist Tiffany Tynes Curry (OH '16) knows she is succeeding as an educator "when students know how to work past their own expectations."