Dr. Rebecca HamiltonRiviera Beach, FL| YEARS TAUGHT: 39Dr. Hamilton believes new teachers should: "1. Find a good mentor. 2. Get to know your students as humans and treat them like real people. And 3. Don't be the 'sage of the stage'; it's ok to say you don't know something -- look it up or have them look it up and learn together.”
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION:
2020 Participant in MIT's Teacher STEM Program 2017 Dwyer Award (Suncoast) 2002 National Board Certification |
Dr. Erick HueckMiami, FL | YEARS TAUGHT: 34His advice to a beginning teacher: “You must have passion at the core of your intent; understand that there will be good days and bad days, continue to learn and evolve; take care of yourself and listen to the voice inside your head, you are only as good as you feel.”
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION:
2022 Yale Educator Award 2022 NEA California Casualty Award for Teaching Excellence 2014 Phebe and Zephaniah Swift More Teaching Award (Amherst College) 2013 Florida Association of Science Teachers Outstanding Teacher of the Year |
Dr. Caryn LongMontverde, FL | Years Taught: 34Her advice to a beginning teacher: “Remember two things: You are in service to your students and parents; entrusted with a precious gift to shape their future. Take pride in our profession because we are the foundation for all other professions.”
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION:
2021 Montverde Academy Middle School Teacher of the Year 2019 Space Educator Ambassador (National Space Foundation) 2019 Air Force Association State of Florida STEM Teacher of the Year 2002 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator 2001 Distinguished Teacher of the Year (NSTA) 2000 Eleanor Roosevelt Teacher Fellow |
Kristen RecordStratford, CT | Years Taught: 22Her advice to a beginning teacher: “Observe. Visit as many classrooms as possible - observe what to emulate and what to avoid. Great students at the door - observe the energy they bring and learn what's going on beyond academics. Vacations are vacations - observe them as such so you can recharge and be your best self at school.”
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION:
2022 100K in 10 Teacher Forum 2020 NEA Foundation's California Casualty Award for Teaching Excellence 2015 Global Learning Fellowship (Peru) 2014 National STEM Policy Institute Fellow (MIT/George Washington University) |
Monica WashingtonTexarkana, TX | Years Taught: 20Her advice to a beginning teacher: “Give yourself grace as you learn; your students deserve this same grace. Lessons don't have to be perfect, but do create a classroom community that helps your students connect to those lessons. Every student deserves to have their identity honored. Listen to them, and they will teach you to teach.”
ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION:
2021 Named in Top 21 Rising Women of 2021 (Brightbeam) 2015 NEA Global Learning Fellow 2015 Lowell Milken Unsung Hero Fellow 2014 Texas Teacher of the Year (TX Association of School Administrators) 2014 California Casualty Award (Horace Mann) |