Teachers Helping Teachers
Posted by Diane Badden on 05 May 2010 | Posted in: Drawings and Giveaways, Inspiration and Motivation, Relationships and Team Building, Teachers and Teaching
I’m back! And just like I promised, I’ve cooked up a little giveaway for Teacher Appreciation Week. I think it’s pretty cool! Trust me, my first giveaway proposal was to send three of us on a tropical getaway. (That would be you, a teaching colleague of yours, and little ol’ me. 
) As you can imagine, that proposal was received with thunderous laughter. But what the heck, I’m all about asking!
Honestly, this giveaway is just the frosting on the cake. The real purpose of this blog post is to offer a creative way for you to give a heartfelt shout-out to a teaching colleague. When you think back over the past school year, who was it that continually inspired you to do your best? Which teaching colleague listened to your concerns and your successes? Who was it that helped you better understand the way in which kids learn or added to your insight about the ins and outs of classroom management?
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, I invite you to leave a comment appreciating one of your teaching colleagues! Who knows—maybe one of your colleagues will give you a shout-out too. And to show our appreciation, we’ll award one lucky commenter two $20 gift certificates for The Mailbox —that’s one for the winner to use and one for her to give to her Teacher of the Year. All commenters on this post through May 20 will be entered in the drawing.
Thank you for all you do! Happy commenting!
Diane
Congratulations to Bette Vaughan, winner of our drawing!
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I would like to thank Ms. Cheterra H. for all her help and knowledge about the many different resources that we as family child care providers can have access too. Sometimes we are over looked for our contributions that we give to the different communities that we serve. Thanks again Cheterra for all your hard work and information. You are a blessing to me and so many other family child care providers.
Thanks so much to all the kindergarten teachers at my school for helping me out this year. You ladies are awesome!
I just started working at BISD CC in March. I am a substitute but will be hired on full time in the fall (yay!) It is hard to pick one person because EVERYONE has been nice and helpful and welcoming. I think I will give my shout out to Ms. Brenda. She was my preschooler’s first teacher and she made Tabby feel totally welcome and secure! Thank you Ms. Brenda!
A HUGE shout-out to my teaching colleague and dear friend, Kim. She was my teaching assistant for 2 years, and after having her second child, returned to our school as a teacher. She is an amazing woman, and is a constant source of encouragement to me. She is my warm smile every morning, a listening ear, a shoulder to cry on, and a friend to chat and laugh with. My husband and I moved recently, and I miss her greatly! Thanks, Kim - YOU ARE AWESOME!
I would like to say how much I appreciate the guidance and support I have received from our principal. She was new this year and did all she could to make our year an easy transition. In my book SHE ROCKS! Thank-you Mrs. Alligood.
Dixon Road Elementary…… North Carolina
I would like to give a shout-out to my kindergarten team. We have had a rough year that went speeding by, but we survived. There were a lot of times when we felt so unappreciated, but we knew we could count on each other to get us through. I really appreciate all of you. Go KATS!
I would like to give a Marvelous May shout-out to Mrs. Betty, and Mrs. Sheila. Both ladies have retired from teaching but continue to work as our education specialist and director. Together they encourage you to never quit, even when the days seem endless. They teach, guide, and encourage. They offer great ideas, with pass experience in mind they suggest other great ideas. When you think all the solutions is gone, together they come in as a team and sprinkle that magic dust. Some days are a challenge with preschoolers but they sure make it a little easier with their magic dust ideas !!!!!
I would like to give a shout-out to Ms. Foster! She is one of my new team members. This year I was moved to 5th grade after spending my first 4 years of teaching in Kindergarten! What a jump. Ms. Foster has been there for me all year long! She has helped me adjust to the new age group, given me support with teaching writing, and given me support with the state assessment coming up. Her positive attitude has helped me make it through this rough transition! You’re the BEST!
I don’t usually blog, but I couldn’t resist this topic. After 12 years in the same school, I recently switched to a different building within my district. Mrs. Whiting and Mrs. Collier have welcomed me, not only to the building, but with open arms to the first grade team. They have gone out of their way to help me get acclimated. We share ideas, strategies, and materials on a daily basis. We’ve even shared a few live chickens! Here’s to you “Puddin’”!
It would have to be our reading specialist, Anne, who comes in and teaches writing to our class, as well as always has new books to recommend to us to use as read-alouds. The class looks forward to her coming in, and we look forward to it as she has lots of great lessons!
I’m giving a big shout out to my former TEEM grant mentor, Melissa. Although she moved to Austin almost 3 years ago, she still keeps in touch and keeps me updated on the latest in early childhood education. She is my daily inspiration, and I thank her.
I would like to give a shout out to the other VPK teacher. She has helped me throughout the year and we are now getting ready for graduation.