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Master Teacher Amber Simpson Wins TX Milken Award

 

Dr. Gary Stark, CEO of the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, visits a Barrera Elementary classroom with TAP Master Teacher and Milken Educator Award recipient Amber Simpson. In her role as a teacher of teachers, Simpson helps facilitate weekly professional development meetings, during which she coaches faculty on systematically tracking their students' progress and developing action plans to reinforce strengths and address areas of improvement. This work is complemented by observing educators in the classroom, modeling and testing new instructional techniques, introducing curriculum and assessing students' learning along the way.