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2020 National Teacher of the Year

Early Childhood/Preschool

Definition of Assessment: accurate picture of where your students are (self-regulation)

Her go to assessment is MyIgdis, gives a good way of how she should tailor her assessments. Also Dial 4.

Thinks about what she expects for the day: from herself, students, etc.

Make your students independent: makes you able to work in smaller groups.

Spend time looking at students skills.

Advice to a new teacher: Lean on the support of your community. (everyone wants to help you, take the help!)

Book: Easy to love, difficult to disipline

Address your own biases.

Follow people on social media and watch book reviews!

Smarter not harder

Most rewarding and life changing jobs

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Guest Mentor #1 Tabatha Rosproy Early Childhood

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3rd gen K-Stater

21st year of teaching

Assessment: Whiteboard (Show what you know) How ready are to learn this today? (How are they feeling?)

Every kid grows in her classroom!

All students are at different levels with different subjects

Small groups! See her students working.

Starting point of standards, then go from there.

Show me what you know!

Advice: Don't walk alone!

See other peoples classroom, look for new things (YouTube, Pinterest, etc.)

Behavior book: How do you hug a Porcupine

Why should we teach?: You go home with stories, making an impact (favorite teacher), students who come back, see them in public

On her board: scoreboard (IXL goals, reading, etc.), teacher has a personal goal, students see that teachers don't always get their goals, ancheor charts (engagement, way to learn), my genuis, sticky notes, hearts on the desks (goals, calendars)

Has a reading corner

Power in the mess

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K-12 certified: SPED

Masters: Autism

Started teaching 14 years ago

Definition of assessment: Observation, analyze, behavior checklist, assessment is your world.

Go to: FMPs (benchmark assessment), what skills they are lacking.

Only resource teacher in the building.

30 min increments (use different resources per students)

Data: Getting to know the student and doing assessments.

Be careful who you surround yourself with (see the positive and not negative that could bring you down)

Resources: "filtering out the stuff," reflect on why you are doing this, shutting out the chatter.

Originally was a nursing major then fell in love with education.

You should be a teacher because of the impact you make on their lives (remember them and you forever)

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KSU Guest Mentor Series Brandi England (SPED)

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Coaching coordinator

Started: 1992

7 years English language arts, first secondary instruction coach

3 years instructional coaching

Lots of professional learning

Def of assessment: have a goal/objective you need to meet and have you completed that goal (SMART goals!)

Go to: Educator rubric (6 standards), rubrics help keep you more objective. You need to create your own rubric- match your expectation/role.

Rubric helps you work smarter not harder - exact expectations

No massive amounts of homework (use formative assessment to see where they are at) - thumbs up/down, whiteboards

Create independence - sloppy copy

Your procedures need to be taught to your students. If they aren't working, reassess.

Take the time at the beginning of the year for structure (creates safety)

Likes secondary more

Why teach?: Teach for kids, care deeply about the kids and that they have a connection with adults, grow independence, brave.

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23rd year

Started as a 5th grade teacher

Taught Avid that taught him about good teaching and what you want students to know.

Became a assistant principal for middle school (3 years)

Making sure that when you are making your assessments, you aren't just doing one area.

Give the students the opportunity to show you in many ways.

Leave it open ended- projects, conversations, building websites.

"Whats the smallest thing I can do that makes the biggest impact"

#1 thing parents worry about- Do you know and care about their kid?

build relationships with students

even your toughest behaviors

Books: Culture Code, Small Bets

He became an educator because of his father.

impact he had on the students

respect he had

finding the underdog and giving them opportunity to grow

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1. What did you notice about their ADVICE?

I noticed that all the guest mentors shared advice on asking for help and support from your community! Instead of being scared that "you don't know what you are doing," seek for advice and help from others. Everyone wants to help but won't always know if you don't say anything. Another thing I noticed that you can tailor your assessments to your students needs. Adapting is important so you give your students what is best for them.

2. What are the strategies that you hear most often?

One of the strategies I heard was working smarter not harder. Also, to use your resources. Following people on social media and reading to keep updated on what works the best based on experiences. Letting the students show you what they know is a strategy that was talked about. Whether it is working in small groups, thumbs up/down, and more!

3. What lessons will you add to your toolbox from listening to these mentors?

As a teacher, it is such a challenging but rewarding job and experience. You make an impact on each students lives which is why it is important to make sure all your students feel included in your community. Making sure to address your own biases and build that safe and supportive classroom. Also, using small groups to work more individually with students. I see many teachers do this with their tier levels in literacy.

4. Which Mentor did you connect with? Explain why!

I connected with the most with Christina Williams because of the small things she did in her classroom to help them grow. My goal as a teacher is to make each student feel respected and have a purpose. She also puts hearts on their desks, sticky notes, charts, calendars, to help the students feel connected in her classroom community. She is a teacher I would look up to and had great advice like not walking alone.

5. What surprised you about any of the Mentors?

Something that surprised me the most is the variety of different jobs each mentor had. They all have been in the education field for 10-20 years but have moved around during that time. It is neat to see how many different ways education can take you on your career. Like how TJ Ulmer became a assistant principal after teaching for awhile.

7. What are one or two questions you would like to pose to a Mentor Educator?

In your experience, what strategies have been most effective in building control in your classroom, especially with more difficult behaviors?

How do you balance your time while accommodating for every students needs?