Teacher of the Week: Angela McCullers

WRAL's Teacher of the Week for March 25, 2026, is Angela McCullers, an English teacher at East Wake Magnet High School.
Posted 3/25/2026, 1:29:32 PM Updated 3/25/2026, 2:00:07 PM

STARTS AT 5.30, AT THE HILTON

GARDEN INN. AND KERRY.

>> WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT

OUT, TEACHER OF THE WEEK WORKED

IN THE CORPORATE WORLD BEFORE

ANSWERING THE CALL TO THE

CLASSROOM WHEN EAST WEEK MAGNET

HIGH SCHOOL TO INTRODUCE YOU

TO A TEACHER WHO MAKES SURE

HER STUDENTS ARE THE CENTER

OF ATTENTION.

>> THE REASON WHY YOU WANT TO

DO THAT IS SO YOU DON'T GET

BEHIND WITH TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT.

AFTER MORE THAN 2 DECADES, JIM

MCCOLL IS IS SURE OF ONE THING.

THE CLASSROOM IS HER. HEY, THAT

LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE DOING GOOD,

GOOD JOB. OKAY. BUT IT TOOK A

STUDENT IN THE CORPORATE WORLD

AFTER COLLEGE BEFORE SHE

REALIZED TEACHING IS HER

PASSION. AND WHEN I FIRST I WAS

LIKE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW LIKE E

AND I'M JUST DO IT FOR A LITTLE

WHILE. BUT WHEN I STARTED, I

AND I KNEW THAT'S WHAT I WANTED

TO DO. I WAS AN ENGLISH MAJOR

BACKING EAST CAROLINA. AND I

ALWAYS LOVE RIDING IN THE

TEACHER AND

>> ANALYZING TAKES AND THINGS

LIKE THAT PART FOR SURE.

COMPARED OF THANK YOU. AS AN

ENGLISH TEACHER MISS BECAUSE

TIMES ARE SELF A STUDENTS WHERE

THEY ARE AT THAT IT MAY BECOME

OBEY.

>> KNOWING THAT EACH STUDENT

LEARNS DIFFERENTLY AND SOME AT

A DIFFERENT PACE WITH THE

UNDERSTANDING THAT THE VALUE

OF EDUCATION IS MEASURABLE.

>> I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN A BIG

BELIEVER IN EDUCATION AND I

FEEL LIKE MY MOM CHRISSY DONE.

HE'S ALWAYS TOLD ME IF YOU GET

A GOOD EDUCATION, YOU COULD DO

ANYTHING YOU WANT IN LIFE.

YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE YOU WANT.

AND THAT'S MISTER MCCULLOUGH

SCHOOL FOR ALL HER STUDENTS FOR

EACH OF THEM TO REACH THEIR

FULL POTENTIAL. MY TEACHING IS

MY WIFE, MY STUDENTS. THEY ARE

MY WHY ME? I JUST I JUST LOVE

IT.

>> AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE

STUDENTS JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW,

MY NEW STUDENTS, THIS SEMESTER.

>> STUDENTS FROM THE PAST, THEY

THEY JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING

GOOD. IT JUST IT JUST MAKES MY

HIGHEST MATH. THAT'S WHAT COLOR

SAY. HOW YOU ARE WRAL IS

TEACHER OF THE WEEK.

>> GIVE A BIG ROUND OF

APPLAUSE.

AND GRADUATIONS TO US. THANK

YOU. THANK YOU. SO WHAT?

IT MAKES MY HEART SMILE.

LOVE THAT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO

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