Remembering why we love to teach
2016 Kentucky Elementary School Teacher of the Year Joshua DeWar says current teachers need to share their passion for their profession to help young people see teaching as a viable and valuable career.
Kentucky Teacher of the Year remains a student at heart
Ashley Lamb-Sinclair didn’t realize it at first, but she discovered she was “one of those people who was just born to teach.”
All teachers can be leaders
Sarah Reed, Kentucky's 2015 Teacher of the Year, says teachers' voices matter -- both in the classroom and in shaping public policy.
Differentiating to meet students’ needs
By Sarah Reed
sarah.reed@jefferson.kyschools.us
Each year students enter my classroom with different levels of knowledge and individual learning styles. Not all students learn instructional content in...
Podcasts offer wealth of inspiration for teachers
By Joshua Underwood
josh.underwood@mason.kyschools.us
Being a teacher is often as much about being an entertainer as it is being a conveyor of knowledge. We have to...
The power is in the classroom: Welcome!
By Sarah Reed
sarah.reed@jefferson.kyschools.us
When I learned that I was named Kentucky Teacher of the Year, there were only two words to describe how I felt:...
Ky. Teacher of the Year makes school an adventure
Sarah Reed, the 2015 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, and the state's top middle and high school teachers share an attribute: They want to help others.
9 semifinalists named for Ky. Teacher of the Year
Nine outstanding teachers from across the state – three elementary, three middle and three high school teachers – are semifinalists for the 2015 Kentucky...
Teacher of the Year experience inspiring
What an amazing experience it has been to represent teachers throughout the commonwealth as the 2014 Kentucky Teacher of the Year. I really did...
Summer theater project has Kentucky Teacher of the Year believing
Teachers often jokingly say that their favorite things about teaching are June, July, and August. Of course this is not true because every teacher...
