His passion for
reaching urban high school students through innovative teaching practices led to his receiving the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching in 2011.
Not exact matches
Seidel knew he had similarly
reached other
students, but by the time he departed eight years later after funding was cut, South Boston
High School was left with one visual arts teacher for an urban school comprising about 900 stu
School was left with one visual arts teacher for an
urban school comprising about 900 stu
school comprising about 900
students.
Students in rural areas have to travel farther to
reach school than their
urban counterparts — a commute of several hours by boat is considered normal — and many of their parents may not have the education level necessary to help with
high school homework.
These
students are
reaching the halfway mark in their teacher education programs and one of my most important goals is to create a sense of energy and motivation as they — for the first time — take on the responsibility of working with small groups and organizing instruction for whole classrooms of
students in Milwaukee's
high needs
urban schools.
I plan to spend my career teaching in
urban,
high - need
schools because I believe that inspired and inspiring teachers have the potential to
reach high - risk
students in
high - need areas.