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I want to be a safe place for kids to land. I want to motivate them to grow.

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To see that light bulb go on

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To see that light bulb go on.

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I want to make a difference in someone or as many as I can..

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My grandparents were educators and great encouragers for their grandchildren to follow in their footsteps.

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I love kids and I come from a loving home . I want to be that for them. They need to know they matter, they are important , they are loved . I am here for them .

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I had a teacher that believed in me and took the time to help me to succeed.

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My why is that truly believe it is my Calling from God, this is my mission in life, my purpose! It is what I was born to be!!!

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My why is that truly believe it is my Calling from God, this is my mission in life, my purpose! It is what I was born to be!!!

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I needed someone to love me and be my home. I want to do that for kids that need the same thing.

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It was easy to be kind, patient & encouraging to my kids because I knew some had a difficult home life & I wanted to be a positive in their life.. they missed me when they did not have class with me & I missed them.

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Is because every kid needs ONE person to believe in them.

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My why.... my family who worked the fields to make a better place for their family. They were Slapped for speaking Spanish & rocks were thrown at my grandfather because they told him he couldn’t go to their school because of the color of his skin. I will love, cultivate, nurture, & educate ALL kids to the best of my abilities.

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I used to fight emotion. Fight feeling anything. But fighting emotion and connection is a lonely way to live, and nobody should be alone. God has given me a gift of vulnerability and a desire to connect. My why: to be vulnerable with other people so that they can feel safe and loved, and maybe, just maybe, they’ll feel loved enough to be vulnerable with someone who also need to feel loved.

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I want to be the kind of teacher that I would want my own kids to have.

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Every kid deserves to know and feel that they are worthy of time, effort, and love. 

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Every kid deserves to know and feel that they are worthy of time, effort, and love. 

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Melissa D...a child that I was able to show God's love and encourage her to rise above her circumstances. God reminds me every day to serve those in need and be the difference

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My Why..... I wanted to be the change in someone’s life.

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My Why..... I wanted to be the change in someone’s life.

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My reason is about making connections with the students.  I love talking and using humor to bring my class together.  In High School, I was active with drama and speech.  I won awards in both!  So, in my brain I combined these two studies and that equals TEACHING!  

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My reason is about making connections with the students.  I love talking and using humor to bring my class together.  In High School, I was active with drama and speech.  I won awards in both!  So, in my brain I combined these two studies and that equals TEACHING!  

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My why is to love on those that may not have anyone else! Help students love to learn so that they may be successful in life.

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my family

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Chuckie, Unice, and Billy are my why. All three were highly intelligent They were the  incredible criminals.   If they had been directed and focused,  they would have done amazing things.  Instead,  they are have done over 75 years in prison combined.  Three lives lost.  

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Chuckie, Unice, and Billy are my why. All three were highly intelligent They were the  incredible criminals.   If they had been directed and focused,  they would have done amazing things.  Instead,  they are have done over 75 years in prison combined.  Three lives lost.  

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My why: I was my younger son's advocate when he struggled in school and I felt called to do the same for all the students who didn't have that one person.

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My why: I was my younger son's advocate when he struggled in school and I felt called to do the same for all the students who didn't have that one person.

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I had many secondary teachers that inspired me and I wanted the opportunity to be like them so I became a secondary teacher. After 4 years at a challenging school and seeing many kids give up on education, I wanted to teach elementary students hoping to change that atttitude toward learning before they gave up on it.

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When my mom was diagnosed with cancer, God lead me to that teacher/coach to go to for support trust, compassion, love, a calm ear and an open heart. I didn’t go to most of my friends, family or teacher. I went to that teacher/coach. Every kid need that teacher/coach.

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My Why...I love kids and want to become a positive roll model to help them reach their full potential!

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I was a teacher’s daughter and never had to work or try. In 4th grade I had a teacher stop me and made me work and try and do more. She made me love reading and love school. Reading and education gave me an opportunity to be more than Mr.A’s daughter and I became my own person. I want to be able to encourage and guide my students through school and life so they can be the best possible version of themselves.

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My why - I had a student that was obviously autistic but had parents that would not go there. He was a loner and kept his distance from me. I knew he had academic problems   In first grade we stress so much on Reading and he was having nothing of it. He was a math whiz  He was a perfectionist in Math. So I taught all subject to this student through math strategies. He has excelled in school and was named student of the year with highest academic scores in his middle school. He tells me I am the reason he is a success in school. I love Ali Miller!

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My why - I had a student that was obviously autistic but had parents that would not go there. He was a loner and kept his distance from me. I knew he had academic problems   In first grade we stress so much on Reading and he was having nothing of it. He was a math whiz  He was a perfectionist in Math. So I taught all subject to this student through math strategies. He has excelled in school and was named student of the year with highest academic scores in his middle school. He tells me I am the reason he is a success in school. I love Ali Miller!

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I was raised in a military family. My father is a Marine in the United States Marine Corp and my mother worked in law enforcement for 23 years. They have instilled in me the importance of helping people with your own set of skills. My parents believe if you’re not helping someone in need then you’re not doing your job as a member of society. That is something that I believe to be true. I have a gift for working with children and I never imagined myself in the education system but I’m glad to be here because I believe it’s my contribution to the future. My why is because my parents instilled this value of always being a light in someones life.

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Seeing former students as adults in the real world succeeding.

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Because I can touch the future!!

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I teach because of my fifth grade teacher who worked with me countless hours to overcome a learning disability.

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The joy of watching children learn and see their growth and development. Even the smallest moments are excited and awesome to see

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Every kid needs to feel safe and feel loved. I don’t always feel that way in my own life, but I know I can be that person for them.

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Because every kid deserves at least one person to believe that they can be better.

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My Why is because kids are worth it!

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God called me to love others. He has forgiven and redeemed me! I want children and adults to feel loved and special.

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I’m a teacher because that’s my heritage. But it’s more than that. I was the kid who was last to finish work and got left in the building to finish while everyone else went to recess. I hated being left alone so I cheated off a friend and got in trouble. They never knew why I did it. Sometimes you don’t know what motivates a kid. I want to make sure kids feel safe.

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Because my third grade teacher showed me love and believed in me, I want to show God's love to my students and work with them to grow in life and in the classroom.

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Going into this profession a year ago I knew I really wanted to be a teacher because I have a love for kids. There’s kids who don’t have the same chance at things as others and I want to give them that chance. I had a little boy last year who came from a home where neither parents cared for him. They willingly gave him to the grandparents. The mother was on drugs and it had such an impact on him. He challenged me in many ways. From frustration to pure love for this child. Now that I look back at my year with him I know that is exactly why I’m in this profession, I want to be that light and guiding figure for children. He is someone I will always check on. Even though I’ve left that school, that child still matters to me and will always mean the world to me.

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God has placed teaching on my heart for as long as I can remember. Wanting to be the positive difference in a child’s life.

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I was a GT kid but did not get identified as such until my junior year of highschool. Teachers that I didn’t like I always thought I could out smart and barely squeak out an A in their class, but I never worked any harder than I had to. My junior year I was in a GT AP history/ English double block class. Based off of my initial scores at the beginning of the year, my teacher asked me to drop the class and opt for a easier class. But I decided to stick with it and work my butt off. Later that year, that teacher took me aside and apologized to me. The first time a teacher had ever apologized to me for not seeing my potential. I had never felt so seen. I want to see potential in all of my students, and let them know they are seen as well

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Everyone needs a “why” even the students! So to be that spark...a reason to be excited about school

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I was honored to be able to teach 4th grade at the same school that I went to. I had one student on my radar and had heard from many teachers that he was trouble. His dad was in prison and he was the Apple of mom’s eye, so she said. She had left him with the grandparents because she couldn’t handle him. By the second week of school, I was out of tools and decided that he just needed to sit away from the rest of the class. I went to go get a desk from the storage room to put him in the corner. I found a desk and pulled it away from the wall when I noticed a hole in the wall. Memories flooded of me putting that hole in the wall when I was put in the corner. I remember thinking I was going to dig my way out! It was as that moment that I knew I had to form a relationship with him. I attended his football games and built a friendship with grandpa. He became a leader for me and worked harder than anyone else. Unfortunately, he was lost in a house fire and I became determined at that point to make him my why and form those relationships with each of my students.