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Educator Of The Week 2/6/08
Written by Steve Broussard
Wednesday, 06 February 2008
IT'S A CLASS WHERE READING AND ENGLISH IS COMBINED.
8TH GRADE STUDENTS IN THE LANGUAGE ARTS CLASS OF TEACHER SHARLA WILLIAMS ARE PREPARING FOR THE ALL IMPORTANT TEXAS ACADEMICS ASSESSMENT AND SKILLS TEST
WITH ONLY 20 DAYS TILL THE TEST, MISS WILLIAMS IS HELPING STUDENTS TO PREPARE.
<"My passion for teaching is being an inspiration to the children. Helping others and inspiring them to go out and be future teachers, lawyers, doctors and entrepreneurs." says teacher Sharla Williams. "Since the first day, I met her and even now, she's been helping us with what we need and she explains everything very well.">Edgar Montanez\Student]<"Whenever you say...for example, I can't do this, it's too hard, she tells us no don't say you can't. Because nothings impossible. Everything is possible if you put your heart into it, you can get there.".>Gabriela Diaz\Student
ALWAYS TRYING TO KEEP HER CLASS INTERESTING, MS WILLIAMS USES MUSIC AND POEMS TO HELP INSPIRE HER STUDENTS. STUDENTS READ THE POEM STILL I RISE WRITTEN BY MAYA ANGELOU, WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC OF THE SAME TITLE BY YOLANDA ADAMS.
<"She teaches us stories about real life and what's really happening and she explains how it affects us and how it will affect people in the future.">William Collato\Student
<"She goes out of her way to help you. No matter how far she has to go out there to help you. But sooner or later she will help you. And she does it in a very special way, being her own self to help you. It's really cool.">Lucy Avila\Student
<"When I go home, I can smile and say I touched at least one child. I may not change everybody's life, but to touch one child, makes all the world of difference to me.">Sharla Williams\Educator Of The Week