Teacher of the Week: Allyson Taft

CENTER.

>> ITS CAR TIRES ALWAYS PUT UP

THAT BLACK SMOKE STICK. OUR

TEACHER. THE WEEK IS ONLY IN

HER 3RD YEAR LEADING HER

KINDERGARTEN CLASS AT DAVIS

DRIVE ELEMENTARY WRAL'S.

KEN SMITH INTRODUCES US TO A

TEACHER WHO KNEW FROM A VERY

YOUNG AGE.

>> THAT SHE WANTED TO BECOME

ONE.

THIS WAS GOING TO BE A MOTION.

I WASN'T AT HIS HOME SAY REID.

AND YOU GUYS FROM THE SOUNDS IN

THIS WORK AND PROUD TO BE

TEACHING THE SAME WEEK COUNTY

SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT EDUCATED

HER, SHE PROBABLY DISPLAYS

FIRST GREAT PICTURE RIGHT

OUTSIDE HER I HAD REALLY

AWESOME TEACHERS GROWING UP

AND THEY JUST REALLY INSPIRED

ME. AND I JUST WANTED TO DO

THAT FOR OTHER KIDS. HE WAS MY

WORD. WE TURN TO SOUNDS AND

REACH TO AFTER THE FIRST GRADE

TEACHER DAVIS DRIVE OVER TO

SCHOOL.

>> SHE REMEMBERS DECIDING TO BE

A TEACHER AROUND THE SAME AGE

AS HER CURRENT STUDENTS AND

SHOOTING CALLS WON HER SECOND

GRADE TEACHER WROTE IN HER

JOURNAL.

>> AND THEN IT WAS LIKE ALL BE

WAITING FOR YOU TO TEACH SECOND

GRADE WITH ME IN 15 YEARS LIKE

I'LL SHARE MY SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

IF YOU SO IT'S BEEN FOREVER.

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT.

>> WELL, DID YOU GO BACK TO THE

TEACHERS NOT TEACHING ANYMORE?

BUT I DID REACH OUT TO HER OVER

SOCIAL MEDIA AND TO SIDE.

YOU MAY LIKE MY GOSH SOCCER AND

THAT ONE WAS A TRICKY WORD EACH

AND EVERY DAY. WHAT MAKES HER

DAY IS SEEING THE STUDENTS

LEARN AND FLY. IF A KID

STRUGGLING AND IT REALLY

CLICKED JUST LIKE.

>> ALL THE HARD WORK PAYS OFF

AND LIKE THEIR EYES LIGHT UP.

AND IT'S JUST AMAZING. I LOVE

WATCHING THEM

LIKE ROWAN, JUST SEEING THEM

FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR

TO THE END, THIS AWESOME.

>> MISSED OUT.

>> IT'S TEACHER OF THE WEEK.

GRADUATIONS GETS MONTH. WREL

>> HER SCHOOL AGE PICTURES WERE

ADORABLE. DID YOU SEE THAT SHE

WAS DESTINED TO DO THIS?

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