FISD TEACHERS OF
THE YEAR 2002-2003
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Early Childhood- Catherine Bruett
Primary- Kim Talley
Elementary- Nancy Rogers
Middle School- John Seidlitz
High School- Harold Means
AEP- Anne Conn
2001-2002

"I  knew the key to our success would be a  belief that every student mattered.  We can not afford to allow one child to slip through the cracks."
"James Baldwin said, “a child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.”   To teach children well, you have to love them.  Loving students does not mean feeling warm and sentimental about them.  Loving students means respecting them as people and being willing to sacrifice your own prejudices and feelings for the sake of their learning.  When I enter the classroom, I have to make every effort to reach out to students and show them respect, whether or not the student extends that respect to me.  I address each of my students by their last name as “Mr.” or “Ms.”  I greet each of them at the door every day to welcome them to my classroom.  I am always looking for new and innovative ways to communicate respect to my students.  I try to create a strong sense of community in my classroom. 
"Great teachers love teaching and are always looking for ways to move beyond simply providing information to students.  They seek ways to inspire students to be more than they ever thought they could be."

"As a teacher of our special needs students, I am presented with a new challenge every day.  Eight of my 14 years in education has been dedicated to teaching the severely emotionally disturbed.  My greatest accomplishments (along with my 2 Para educators) comes when the students are successful in the mainstream classroom.  That means that we have succeeded in teaching them the coping, behavior management, and social skill and strategies that they need to be successful."
"It's my belief that all children can learn when given love, patience, and creative inducement to achieve.  That love, patience, and encouragement will multiply exponentially to surpass the boundaries of a schoolroom or campus directly affecting the society in which we live.  To maximize the potential of any child is the dream of every parent and educator.  A significant role I play in my students' lives is to instill within them the intrinsic desire for success.  Helping a student to accept his or her own limitations allows for the highest degree of success."