Teacher of the Week: Dewan Ashford
DOUBLE CHECK. ASHLEY ROW 5 ON
YOUR SIDE.
>> OUR TEACHER OF THE WEEK IS
ALL ABOUT CELEBRATING THE
DIVERSE CULTURES IN HIS SCHOOL
COMMUNITY AT EAST MILLBROOK
MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL IN RAY
COUNTY. IN ADDITION, HE'S
CONSTANTLY ENGINEERING WAYS TO
KEEP HIS STUDENTS ENGAGED IN
THE LEARNING PROCESS.
>> THE CONCEPT IS I THINK A
PROCESS CANNOT GET SOMEONE TO
READ THE DEFINITION A CAREER
IN EDUCATION WAS NOT THE ONE
DASH WORDS. FIRST CAREER
CHOICE. EVERYBODY SAY EMOTION,
EMOTION, BUT THE DECISION TO
BECOME A TEACHER IS ONE OF HIS
MOST GRATIFYING. IT GET INTO
TEACHING IN THE FIRST YOU CAN
TEACH IT TO, I THINK TO TO KIND
OF PICK ME THAT WAS MORE THAN
6 YEARS AGO WITH AN INJURY AS
AN ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST
CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF HIS
CAREER PATH AND LET HIM TO THE
CLASSROOM IN THE MIDST OF THE
BURNING I PLAY FOOTBALL.
SO I WENT TO GO COACH FOOTBALL
AND WHILE I WAS RECOVERING AND
SO OFF, I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT
WITH THE WITH THE COACH IN
VEGAS. I WAS LIKE, OK, WELL,
I'M JUST GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND
BECOME A TEACHER SO THAT CAN
COACH, REMEMBER, THERE'S NO
WRONG ANSWER. OKAY. THERE'S NO
WRONG ANSWER. NOW HAS A CAREER
AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
TEACHERS SPECIALIZING IN
ENGINEERING CONCEPT. AS FOR IT
HAS THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
DEVELOPING YOUNG MINDS AND
COACHING FOOTBALL ATHLETES.
I DON'T LOOK AT.
WHAT YOU KNOW, THE THE WINS THE
LOSSES. I DON'T LOOK AT THE THE
GRADE A TO B TO C OR D.
I LOOK AT. ARE WE LEARNING ARE
WE GROWING IF WE'RE SOLID,
THAT'S ALL THAT I CARE ABOUT IS
ARE YOU GIVING MAX EFFORT AND
ARE YOU GROWING? IF YOU GIVE
THE EFFORT? I HAVE NO DOUBT WAS
GOING TO COME FROM. LET'S READ.
THINK.
>> RIGHT? A SHIRT SAYS SEEING
THAT GROWTH AND KNOWING HE IS
PART OF THAT PROCESS IS
EXTREMELY REWARDING. YOU
TALKING ABOUT.
>> SHOWING KIDS HOW TO THINK
HOW TO USE THEIR IMAGINATION
AND THEY CAN BRING ANYTHING
FROM THE IMAGINATION INTO THE
REAL WORLD.
>> MISTER ASHFORD, YES, YOU
ARE WRAL'S TEACHER OF THE WEEK.
>> THANK YOU, LESLIE. THANK
YOU, SIR.
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