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Allison Cyr, 3rd Grade Teacher and CA Teacher of the Year

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 61:03


Allison Cyr, a teacher with the Desert Sands Unified School District, was named a 2021 California Teacher of the Year. Cyr is a third-grade teacher at Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School in Indio. Books The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel your Life, Work and Team with Positive Energy by Jon Gordon Lead Fearlessly, Love Hard: Finding Your Purpose and Putting it to Work by Linda Cliatt-Wayman Outward Mindset: Seeing Beyond Ourselves by The Arbinger Institute The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore

Jim Klipfel, Social Studies Teacher and California's 2021 Teacher of the Year

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 54:44


Today, we have Jim Klipfel on the show. Jim was announced as being California’s Teacher of the Year for 2021. He is now in contention for national teacher of the year award. Jim is a high school history teacher and has thirty years of insight to share with us. Books Recommended Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey Leaders of Learning by Richard DuFour and Robert Marzano What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action by Robert Marzano The Smartest Kids in the World: And How the Got that Way by Amanda Ripley

Rosie Reed, English Teacher from Walnut Creek

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 41:53


Rosie Reid Teaches teaches English to ninth through twelfth grade students at Northgate High School, Mount Diablo Unified School District in Walnut Creek and was the 2019 California Teacher of the Year.

Jaime Brown, IB English and Film Studies Teacher from San Diego, CA

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 36:35


Today, we are talking to Jaime Brown who teaches IB English and Film Studies at San Diego High School, where she also attended. She has encouraged her students to volunteer at film festivals and developed a partnership with the San Diego Film Critics Society.

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Tim Smith, Award Winning Math Teacher from Elk Grove, CA

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 37:37


Today, we are speaking with Tim Smith, who was one California’s teachers of the year and was nominated for National Teacher of the Year. Smith is a math teacher from Elk Grove.

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