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Dr. McMullen surprised me while I was teaching that I was chosen as Kaiserslautern School District Teacher of the Year. Extremely emotional :o) Honored to have our military leadership present me a wing pin and a certificate of achievement. So special that my husband was able to be there for the announcement! The below link shows all of us. News Article
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AFN came to KES for the afternoon to get a better idea of what a day in the life of an Educational Technologist looks like. The piece that Victoria Seacrist created aired in April.
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[AFN Story](<a href='http://dodeatoy2015.weebly.com/press-releases.html)' >AFN Story</a>
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Set at Schloss Johannisberg, a beautiful palace set in the vineyards along the Rhein river, Louise Thompson, Bavaria School Ditrict Teacher of the Year and I spoke. It was a lovely afternoon to honor our high school award recipients and our distinguished educators. Pictured here was one of my 5th grade students being honored at the event.
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Beyond excited, beyond words, and so nervous for this upcoming interveiw! Is this really happening?????
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Beyond ecstatic!
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We were all gathered together in the high school gym to meet our new DoDEA Director, Thomas Brady. I had NO clue, that this was the day I would find out. I just remember, as he started to describe someone, it dawned on me that he was describing me. I started to shake. I was going to get the honor and the opportunity to represent all of DoDEA, students, teachers, our military familes everyone! Oh my goodness!
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My official first public speaking engagement was to welcome all of my colleagues back to school! It was nerve-wracking, but people easily connected with the theme of "I believe..." from the US Men's Soccer team during this past summer's World Cup!
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Michael Burst, the Kaiserslautern Distritc Teacher of the Year, presented me with the District TOY award.
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Great afternoon/evening chatting with colleagues and sharing my ideas for the year.
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Spent the day meeting and working with HQ staff. Received fantastic feedback from Mr. O'Gara's communication staff. Shared ideas during a brown-bag lunch.
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DoDEA District Teacher's of the Year are innovative, creative, collaborative and student-focused. I am truly enjoying our collaborative work across our system.
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Was very fortunate to talk with Director Brady during my visit at HQ.
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Attended CCSSO's fall conference on integrating CCR with Patty Ewen and Melanie Henson.
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Great night connecting with past STOY and meeting two of my classmates from my year, 2015!
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Project Tomorrow This was momumental that DoDEA was able to put forth an approved.survey to receive feedback from all stakeholders regarding 21st Century education and technology.
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This was an amazing day, an exciting day - it was the day my Professional Development Idea was launched! The district leadership from the school level on up have been incredibly supportive!
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Spent the day working at GEMS. What a fantastic place to work. The diversity of this faculty and staff is impressive. The views aren't that bad either :o)
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Welcomed all students to the Future Educators of America conference held in Garmisch, Germany.
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Absolutely one of the best professional developments I have ever attended. The amount of learning, struggle, and work that was done over 4.5 days was unbelievable. What an amazing group of educators to learn and work with this past week!
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With one of our National Finalist, Ann Marie Corgill.
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All State Teachers of the Year receive 2 full days of training from SMART Technologies. The 2nd one will be when we are in DC. Today's training was wonderful and our presenters, Randy Welch and his team did a fantastic job facilitating the training. Can't wait for day 2!
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The University of Phoenix hosted us at the Wrigley Mansion. The place was absolutely beautiful. Great historical tour as well.
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Our focus on the 2nd day was all about teaching, leading and learning. Sarah Wessling, Katherine Bassett, Chris Minnich, Peggy Stewart and Jon Quam shared, led and taught us on the role we play now and forever. Once a STOY, always a STOY.
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Spent much of the day working on how to work with the media, answer the hard questions and buid strong anchor statements. This group of STOYs got to experience the hard core nature of the press. They did a great job!!
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Spent the morning attending a variety of workshops on the Univeristy of Phoenix Campus.
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Hanging out with our amazing Air Force School Liaison officer. Ladonna Abdullah you sure are appreciated!
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Surprised Garianne Wrenchey in her classroom with the announcement that she is the new District Teacher of the Year.
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I was lucky enough to read a story to Mrs. Munoz's class in Aviano, Italy. Such a great group of 3rd graders!
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Great school visit to Hainerberg ES.
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Melody Arabo, Michigan State Teacher of the Year, read her book, Diary of a Real Bully, to Kristina Munoz's class. It was such a great conversation starter. Thanks for visiting Italy virtually Melody!
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Spent 2nd semester this year working with 5 other District Teachers of the Year from across DoDEA. Fantastic learning opportunity!
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Spent the day developing graduate courses based on teacher input. These teachers will spend Q4 teaching their colleagues new skills to use in their classrooms.
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Love watching students think math at the European Math Counts!
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Today Charles, Matt and I trained all of our district administrators.
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Students in Xavier Flores' classroom participate in a Google Hangout session at the zoo with students from across America to learn about bears and bats.
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Wes and I met the Undersecretary of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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Our Class photo infront of VP Biden's House
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Gave a brief to DoDEA Board Members
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The Vice President and Dr. Biden welcomed us into their house on Sunday evening.
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On the Morning Show, Shanna Peeples from Texas, was announced as our next National Teacher of the Year
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Today we visited the Smithsonian.
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Spent time learning how the Art Lab community works. Great place for learners to become proficient in a variety of skills.
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Spent the afternoon collaborating with fellow STOYs using SMART products.
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Spent the morning learning about how the American Institute for Research can and does support education.
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Outside the West Wing of the Whitehouse.
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So proud of our service men and women who work at the Whitehouse.
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Shanna Peeples gives a moving and inspirational speech.
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Secretary Duncan spoke at the event.
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Holy Cow! Did that just happen? Me leaving the Oval Office
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An evening to celebrate.
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Our last evening together was spent at Microsoft's main policy office in DC. 3 STOYs were awarded Microsoft Air Tablets, so Wes was sharing with Mississippi's STOY, all the great things the tablet can do.
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Spent the morning discussing policy at the Dept. of Ed
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Honored to spend time with Undersecretary Carson at the Penatgon today.
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Director Brady and I spend time today discussing policy and sharing of the teacher voice.
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Matt and I delivered our first CCRSM presentation today to Smith ES. Wonderful staff!
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Totally imperssed with our middle school student's ability to problem solve what to do when a Meteor Strikes Earth.
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The team visited the Eifel schools for their professional development on CCRSM.
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Standards of Mathematical Practices - one of the 8!
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Thoroughly enjoyed my time listening to parents and applauding them for all of their support of our schools.
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Director Brady and European Director Islas spoke at the PTA convention.
