{"id":1509,"date":"2016-06-09T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wilsonlanguage.com\/knowledge-library\/success-story\/a-d-c-fundations-kindergarten-teacher-shares-words-of-wisdom\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T20:00:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T20:00:37","slug":"a-d-c-fundations-kindergarten-teacher-shares-words-of-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"success_stories","link":"https:\/\/dev.wilsonlanguage.com\/knowledge-library\/success-story\/a-d-c-fundations-kindergarten-teacher-shares-words-of-wisdom\/","title":{"rendered":"A D.C. Fundations Kindergarten Teacher Shares Words of Wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All eyes seem to be on Marissa McGee\u2019s kindergarten classroom. \u00a0Marissa\u2019s class \u201chas been heralded as a room to watch by D.C.\u2019s public schools,\u201d and was visited by teachers last year for professional learning observations.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/ed\/2016\/05\/04\/467217123\/5-pieces-of-wisdom-for-kindergarten-teachers?utm_campaign=storyshare&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recently, the teacher\u00a0from\u00a0Walker-Jones Education Campus was interviewed by NPR<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> about her teaching philosophy.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For several years now, Wilson has partnered with District of Columbia\u2019s public schools to provide coaching and support with Fundations<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Tier 1 implementation. We are pleased to share Marissa\u2019s story and insight!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>During NPR\u2019s visit, Marissa offered&nbsp;her classroom tips and reminders, which included:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<strong>Character is just as important as academics.<\/strong>\u201d Marissa advises, \u201cWhen we give each other compliments and are compassionate\u2026their little faces just brighten up with smiles.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<strong>Get your kids on board.<\/strong>\u201d Allow your students to take the reins during instruction. If a student wants to demonstrate how to do an activity, let him\/her act as the teacher for a moment.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<strong>Remember that they\u2019re five.<\/strong>\u201d Keeping their age in mind, Marissa\u00a0tries to use peer interactions as \u201cteachable moments.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<strong>Be flexible.<\/strong>\u201d Marissa&nbsp;notes that as a teacher you may need to change your pacing or the lesson plan if it\u2019s not working.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<strong>Embrace the intellectual challenge.<\/strong>\u201d As Marissa&nbsp;notes, \u201cSome people are like, \u2018Oh, you teach kindergarten, that\u2019s cute.\u2019 And yeah, it\u2019s cute, but there are also challenges that come along with it.\u201d Don\u2019t allow others to diminish the intellectual trials your job may put forth, no matter what the grade. &nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/ed\/2016\/05\/04\/467217123\/5-pieces-of-wisdom-for-kindergarten-teachers?utm_campaign=storyshare&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">To read more about Melissa McGee\u2019s tips to NPR please click here.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All eyes seem to be on Marissa McGee\u2019s kindergarten classroom. \u00a0Marissa\u2019s class \u201chas been heralded as a room to watch by D.C.\u2019s public schools,\u201d and was visited by teachers last year for professional learning observations.\u00a0Recently, the teacher\u00a0from\u00a0Walker-Jones Education Campus was interviewed by NPR\u00ae about her teaching philosophy.\u00a0 For several years now, Wilson has partnered with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1510,"template":"","success-story-cats":[],"success-story-tags":[],"class_list":["post-1509","success_stories","type-success_stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A D.C. 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