Elizabethton City Schools
Elizabethton, TN
March 14, 2022 - March 14, 2022
05/23/2022
“When they were tested in the fall, I had seven students on grade level. Now I have 15.”
03/14/2022
“It’s important for you to be there with them to see their excitement. That should get you excited. I say go for it. It’s worth the journey for kids.”
03/14/2022
“It took some practice. After about two weeks, we got it and could start seeing the benefits.”
03/14/2022
“When you have trust, and you have support, then you don’t feel like someone is there watching and waiting for you to mess up.”
03/14/2022
“There are so many people in the trenches standing shoulder to shoulder with me, this is heavy and weighty, but I’m not carrying the load alone.”
03/14/2022
“The support, the communication, the partnership—not just me with my teachers, but with the whole district—we are all one team working together.”
03/14/2022
“I can’t wait for the year after next when I am getting children who have had it for two years….We’ll be able to go so far.”
03/14/2022
“These last few months, she has made a complete about-face. She’s not in intervention anymore. I have seen her completely change.”
03/14/2022
“If there’s a big word, I just think in my head and sound it out. I love sounding out big words.”
03/14/2022
“Doing that training told us it’s okay to make mistakes, we are learning something new.”
03/14/2022
“Cling onto the teachers who were willing to try it and once they see the growth, they will become the cheerleaders. They will advocate for it.”
03/14/2022
“I think those hard times and that hard year made us open up our hearts and mind to doing things a little differently.”
03/14/2022
“I’ve been in education for 28 years. Seeing our teachers’ reactions, it lit a fire in me as well to see how excited they are about teaching reading.”
03/14/2022