Eydie Sands Campus Teacher of the Year, Canopy Oaks Elementary School Eydie Sands is an outstanding teacher who works with special needs students in grades Kindergarten through five at Canopy Oaks Elementary. And in that classroom, every child will begin to experience success. As an ambassador for the teaching profession her message she believes that public education is the most exciting and rewarding profession. I would help create early education program that every child could attend not just those few that fit into certain categories. I would create programs that hold parents more accountable for their child's learning and education.
Most research shows that parents are the number one influence in their child's life.
Sometimes parents need help and guidance with being parents. Most parents do not start out wanting to be ineffective parents, they begin life with their child with great hopes and aspirations, and somewhere along with way it becomes too hard or life becomes too busy. For the last six years, Ms. Kinnon has taught Exceptional Student Education at Chaires Elementary School. This year she is working mainly with second grade students in an inclusion setting. Ms. Kinnon's message to the community and her colleagues relates to a summer spent teaching Basic Conversational English to Taiwanese high school students.