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Faculty andStudentsReceive
Quest forQualityAwards
Continued
she could about running an
organized special education
classroom.When crucial parts
of being a special education
teacherwas addressed, She
hadmanyquestions and
wanted to learn asmuch as
she could. She attended a
STAAR-AlternateTraining
that prepares teachers for
administering the state
mandated grade level
curriculum summative
exam. Shewas very
interested in the information
thatwas presented andwas
able to help instruct some of
the students prepare for the
exam.”
“Kimberly is very creative
and not afraid to share her
options and ideas. She can
make changeswhen she sees
a particular lesson or activity
notworking in the classroom
orwith a particular student.”
“Kimberly is alwayswilling
to learn and takes construc-
tive criticismwell. She is
veryopenminded to other
options andworks coopera-
tivelywith faculty.”
Congratulations toKimberly
Hiseleyonwinning this
well-deserved award.
KimberlyHiseley is this year’s
Quest forQuality
Exceptional Teacher
CandidateAwardRecipient.
She graduated inDecember
2013with herBS in
InterdisciplinaryStudies
degreewithECH-6 andAll-
Level Special Education
Certification. She completed
her student teaching atAlta
LomaElementary inSpecial
Education andKindergarten
and currently teaches 4
th
Grade
Writing at Texas Leadership
CharterAcademy inSan
Angelo, TX. The following is
the reference letter that
Kimberly’s supervisorwrote
describingher qualities.
“Through her student teaching
experience, Kimberlyhas
shown the students in the
classroom, fellow faculty, and
me howdedicated she is to be-
coming the best teacher any
studentwould hope for. She
has shown fantastic leadership
skills thatwill benefit any
campus. Shewas able to take
charge in stressfulmoments of
the normal scheduled daywhen
Iwas called for an emergencies
and unexpected events. She
knows how tomaintain control
without beingoverwhelmed.”
“Kimberly trulyhas every
students’ best interest at heart.
She is very caring and patient
with some of themost
challenging special education
childrenwe have on our
campus. She is able to calm
down children that are on the
verge of losing control.”
“Kimberly is very
knowledgeable about
teaching strategies and is able
to decidewhich ones to use to
fit each child’s needs. She
worked verywell with the
population of special education
students. Shewas able to create
lessons that reflected her
knowledge of child
centered activities. Each
lessonwasmolded to fit the
educational goals of the
students.”
“Kimberly showed a huge
interest in learning asmuch as
KimberlyHiseley
