USD 383 nominates two for Kansas Teacher of the Year

MANAHTTAN, Kan. (WIBW) – Manhattan-Odgen USD 383 has introduced Serena Marquez and Haleigh Jung have been named nominees for the 2024 Kansas Instructor of the 12 months.

Serena Marquez is a 4th grade trainer at Marlatt Elementary Faculty.

“To witness this degree of pleasure is a trainer’s MVP second,” mentioned Marquez a couple of particular unit in her utility. “That is much more rewarding, as a result of then college students are motivated to be taught extra from their trainer. Lastly, this transforms college students into lifelong learners. It merely doesn’t get any higher for a trainer.”

Haleigh Jung teaches tenth via twelfth grade English at Manhattan Excessive Faculty.

“I consider real-life connections are some of the highly effective instructing instruments, due to this fact, group connections are important to classroom studying,” mentioned Jung in her utility.

The Kansas Instructor of the 12 months program, sponsored by the Kansas State Division of Schooling, identifies, acknowledges and makes use of representatives of fantastic instructing within the elementary and secondary lecture rooms of the state. Every faculty district can nominate one elementary classroom trainer and one secondary classroom trainer.

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