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National Teacher of the Year: Give Us a Career Path

By Liana Heitin 

 

Rebecca Mieliwocki, the 2012 National Teacher of the Year, is on a mission to give her profession a facelift. When she received her award in April, the 7th grade science teacher from Burbank, Calif., said she planned to use her yearlong platform to help restore "dignity and admiration to teachers." She has also been outspoken about her support for tiered career ladders—coupled with differentiated pay—as a way to give teachers more career-advancement opportunities. 

  
In the months since being named NTOY, Mieliwocki has had no shortage of influential audiences. She has given speeches at several large, national conferences, discussed education policy with governors, and sat down for a two-hour meeting with arguably the country's most influential education funder, Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

We caught up with Mieliwocki recently to ask her about her visions for the teaching profession and how she sees some of the most pressing education issues playing out for teachers across the country.

National Teacher of the Year: Give Us a Career Path

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Higher-performing middle schools build a culture of success by consistently maintaining these five common elements:

A report on best practices in New York State middle schools. Part of Just For the Kids–New York by the University at Albany.

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