![]() That desire to help is a thread that ran through all the Teacher of the Year nominees, according to LCPS Superintendent Brent Williams, a member of the judging panel. “Not only did I want to pass on these skills but also to have the same impact teachers had on my life,” she wrote. ![]() Hudson says her own teachers inspired to teach, especially those at North Lenoir High School, her alma mater. “Other children in the neighborhood started coming over because he would be telling anyone who would listen that his sister would help.” “This is where my teaching skills and interest to help others began,” she wrote. In her biography, Lindo remembered helping her younger brother with homework. I taught my toys, my siblings, my cousins and anyone else who I thought would listen.” Honored with the district’s top two annual awards for classified employees were Bettie Hall of South Lenoir High School, the 2022-2023 Teacher Assistant of the Year and an LCPS employee for 27 years, and Kinston High School bookkeeper Kim Clifton, the 2022-2023 Non-Instructional Classified Staff of the Year and a LCPS employee for four years.“All of my life I have always been excited about teaching,” Tilghman-Rouse wrote in the biography that was part of her Teacher of the Year portfolio. They truly represent the best that education has to offer.” Williams praised all the evening’s honorees as “passionate people who love kids and show it every day by putting their hands to this important work. Her classroom is a model for what a middle school math lesson should look like,” Moon said. She demands the best of her students every day and they respond accordingly. She pushes her students to excel and failure is simply not an option in her classroom. Others pride themselves on building relationships. “Some teachers pride themselves on having high expectations for students. ![]() Lindo “connects with her students on a daily basis,” EB Frink principal Michael Moon said. If that student knows and feels you can relate to them regardless of race, creed or economic status, they will give you the same positive energy in return.” In equating teaching to servant leadership, Tilghman-Rouse said, “It is imperative that before we begin any type of curriculum or instruction that we make a conscious effort to form strong relationships and bond with our students and parents. “I make sure to try to interact with my students not only in the classroom but by showing up for them outside the classroom as well.” “I’ve found the best way to teach my students is by creating positive relationships with them,” Hudson said. Lindo’s selection for the district’s top teaching honor began with the naming of the 17 school honorees last fall and, in February, interviews with a panel of judges that narrowed that field to three finalists – Lindo, Northeast Elementary third-grade teacher Candace Tilghman-Rouse and Northwest Elementary physical education teacher Jordan Hudson.Īll three spoke as part of the program Tuesday night and all three emphasized the importance of connecting to students with the heart as well as with the head. A state Teacher of the Year is chosen from regional winners. She holds a bachelor of science degree in education from Western Carolina University and a masters of arts and learning degree from Nova Southeastern University.Īs LCPS Teacher of the Year, she will represent the district in the regional competition in December. I would like to say that I share this honor with all of them.”Ī native of Jamaica, Lindo started teaching in 2002 and came to LCPS in 2007 to teach at Rochelle Middle School. “Keeping my students engaged in learning and knowing that they are in a safe environment have made an impact not only on them, but on me,” she said after receiving her award from Superintendent Brent Williams. More than 200 LCPS administrators, teachers, staff and friends turned out for the event at the Lenoir County Shrine Club, celebrating the Teacher of the Year honorees from each of the district’s 17 schools and the top two classified employees for 2022-2023.Ĭalling all the nominees “true winners” for their unfailing contribution to education, Lindo told the crowd a teacher’s work largely comes down to building relationships. ![]() Lindo, who has spent the last five of her 20 years in the classroom at EB Frink Middle School, received the award Tuesday night at the district’s annual Employee Recognition Banquet. Pauline Lindo, who sees her seventh graders as individuals when it comes to teaching math but who thinks of them all as her “honeybuns” when it comes to encouraging them, is the LCPS Teacher of the Year for 2022-2023.
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