Darbie Valenti, Missouri’s 2017 Teacher of the Year, is featured in a new podcast series, “Leading from the Classroom.” Ms. Valenti is a teacher in Savannah and a 1998 graduate of Pattonsburg High School.
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The podcast presents 2017 Teachers of the Year sharing their “education epiphany” — the personal moment that crystallized the importance of teaching and being a teacher. In her episode, Ms. Valenti shares how the creativity, innovation, and problem solving she helps her students develop through STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) prepare them — and her — for challenges in the world.
The 45-part podcast series is produced by NWEA, the not-for-profit creator of assessment solutions. NWEA is a partner of the National Teacher of the Year program run by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). The national program identifies exceptional teachers throughout the country and recognizes their effective work in the classroom and the community.
You can listen to Darbie’s episode at TeacherPodcasts.org.