Teacher of the Week: Kaylee Norris
IT TERRIBLY LATE THIS MORNING.
CHRIS, THANK YOU.
>> OUR TEACHER OF THE WEEK
ALWAYS KNEW SHE WANTED TO BE AN
EDUCATOR WRAL'S. KEN SMITH
TAKES US TO ZEBULON, GIFTED AND
TALENTED MAGNET ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. TO SURPRISE THIS.
WELL, DESERVING TEACHER.
>> SO HOW WOULD I PUT THAT INTO
A UNIQUE WAY? JING WRITER
KAYLIE NORRIS IS LIVING OUT A
CHILDHOOD DREAM EVERY DAY IN
HER CLASSROOM. WE SAY 7.
YES, WE'RE DORIS WAS AROUND THE
AGE OF HER CURRENT STUDENTS.
SHE SHARED HOW THE EXPERIENCE
OF READING TO FIRST GRADERS
MADE HER WANT TO BECOME A
TEACHER. ONE DAY I WENT TO A
DIFFERENT PLACE THAN THE ONE
THAT I HAD NORMALLY GONE TOO.
>> AND I CAME BACK AND THE KIDS
WERE LIKE.
>> GOSH, I MISS YOU. AND SO
IT GAVE ME THAT SENSE OF
PURPOSE. AND THEN AS I GOT
OLDER, I WANTED TO DO THINGS
THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THAT SENSE OF PURPOSE IS HOW
DORIS APPROACHES EACH DAY.
SO WHAT WAS OUR ANSWER FOR
NUMBER 4 MAKING LEARNING
INTERESTING AND SOMETIMES
DELICIOUS, LIKE THE TIMES USED
OR YOU COOKIES TO DEMONSTRATE
THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE
MOON AND THE KIDS AND DOING TO
TREAT AFTERWARDS. ACCORDING TO
HER NOMINATION LETTER, WHAT IS
TEACHING DO FOR YOU? I KNOW
THAT I'M SERVING THESE KIDS THE
BEST THAT I CAN AND, YOU KNOW,
SOME OF THESE KIDS.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING
ON AT HOME AND SOMETIMES SCHOOL
AS THEY'RE OUT WITH THEIR
SKATE. AND I LIKE BEING PART
OF IT.
>> THIS IS NOT US.
WRAL'S TEACHER OF THE WEEK.
GIVE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE
CONGRATULATIONS AND MS NORRIS
ALSO TEACHES SIGN LANGUAGE AS
AN ELECTIVE.
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