Teacher of The Year

The faculty and staff wish to congratulate  Ms. B. Smith, Bilingual Kindergarten Teacher,  and Ms. M. Libby, Second Grade Vanguard Teacher  for their accomplishment on being named Carrillo Elementary Teachers of the Year.  Ms. B. Smith was also awarded the East District Bilingual Teacher of the Year. 

                       

As a Bilingual Kindergarten Teacher I try to provide my students with positive and productive early learning experience that caters to the child's developmental, social, intellectual and affective needs.

B. Smith

                 

The three characteristics that I feel every good teacher possess are passion, creativity, and flexibility.  A teacher who brings these qualities to the classroom will be more likely to help students reach their highest potential.
             First, a teacher with a love of learning will make a strong effort to make learning more fun for the students.
           Next, creativity is and should be the foundation to learning in any environment.  I believe that the teaching profession attracts creative people and gives them an outlet for expressing this creativity.
           Lastly, I feel that every teacher needs to be flexible.  Flexibility in the classroom helps the children to learn to be resilient and to adapt to changes.
             When a student expresses an interest in a topic, I take the time to expand their interest by incorporating it into the classroom. There have been several times when a great lesson resulted from a question from one of my students. Together, my students and I have explored and discovered many topics arose from their natural curiosity.

M. Libby