Passionate about my family, my students, and sunset walks (better add dark chocolate in there too and books, and music and LIFE!) 2018 Utah Teacher of the Year
So many favorite quotes to share about why I #LoveTeachjng, but I’m going to go with “Our job as teachers is not to ‘prepare’ kids for something; our job is to help kids learn to prepare themselves for anything.” AJ Juliani @ajjuliani
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NOW: "We need to recruit and retain the best and brightest" says @GovHerbert as he joins education leaders at the Capitol to address #Utah's teacher shortage. "Consider becoming a teacher, it is a noble profession." @KSL5TV@KSLcom@envision_utah @UEAheidi #education#teaching
Teaching is an impactful profession, and Aaryn Birchell (Utah’s 2018 Teacher of the Year) exemplifies this. I am committed to working with the @UTBoardofEd , the Legislature, @envision_utah , and others, to recruit and retain good teachers.
.@aaryn_birchell speaking about recruiting & retaining teachers: “The working environment of teachers becomes the learning environment of children.” #TeachUtah#uted#utpol
If we take care of the teachers, we know the teachers will take care of the kids. Speaking in a press conference with Governor Herbert today asking for people to come back or join the profession to address the teacher shortage.