Teachers
Project REAL Master Teacher Pays it Forward
René Augustín was moved to be a role model from the very beginning. “My impact on the students is that seeing someone like them who grew up in the same neighborhood, who is part of the same community, who still visits his mom here on the weekends is very important.” Now that the Ánimo Watts…
Read More >>The Dream is alive and well at Martin Luther King Middle School
Just like Dr. Martin Luther King believed in his “I have a Dream” speech over a half a century ago, the Middle School in Beaumont, Texas that bears his name is striving to make things better for its students.MLK Middle School Principal Julia Rich is starting to climb that mountain and making strides step by…
Read More >>15 Years of Helping Students Turn Their Dreams into Realities
“My job goes beyond teaching English. I teach because I want to make a difference in young people’s lives at a point in time that is so important for them.”
Read More >>Locke Teacher Shares How Service, Commitment Aided Turnaround Work
“I just feel blessed that I’m just getting our students ready for life, college, and whatever they have planned ahead of them.”
Read More >>Teaching for Change: How This Ánimo Legacy Educator Encourages Students to Achieve
For this South Los Angeles educator, serving at a transformation school has helped her develop into an empathetic educator.
Read More >>How This First Year Teacher Thrived Amid Uncertainty
“I realized that the people who were there for me either in college or high school, were a lot of my teachers. When I think about the people who have influenced me it was my teachers,” said Mendez.
Team Strong: Teaching and Leading at Ánimo Compton
It was not until his senior year of college when Anton Blakely’ helped a close friend with a writing project that his passion for teaching ignited. “
Read More >>Author Helps Kirby Middle School Promote Literacy in the Digital Age
When Spires learned that all of her seventh grade students had read Angie Thomas’ book, The Hate U Give, in their 6th grade English class, she was inspired to reach out to the author.
Read More >>Justin Dinnall: I Had a Teacher Who Looked like Me
Justin Dinnall, a math teacher at Kirby Middle School, will never forget the impact his own high school math teacher had on his life and career trajectory.
Read More >>How Ánimo Legacy Math Teachers Maintain Rigor, Engagement in Virtual Classrooms
Through collaborative planning, our educators have found success in boosting student engagement with the help of online tools. Here’s how.
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