On a Common Culture: “If you can, within any school context, get all the teachers on board with a school-wide approach to culture and behavior, to academics, I think that is the first step.”
On Passionate Professionals: “What I’m looking for are people who are incredibly committed to what they’re doing, really aligned with the culture and the professional values that we have here. Because if we are going to be about achievement or about the REACH values, the people who are in front of the kids need to really live and embody those values.”
Rebecca Good, Dean of Students
On Sweating the Small Stuff: “The secret to our culture? We sweat the small stuff. We just don’t let anything slide, and yet we do it with a lot of love and a lot of heart.”
On Intensity: “Anyone who has that intense of a passion for children is somebody that I want by my side, because I am really intense when it comes to how much hope and how much passion I have for the education of our students.”
Jeremy Kamps, Teacher
On Great Colleagues: “The reason that I can work so many hours, that I can put so much into it, is because of a group of people that have the same goal, a group of people that are thoughtful, see each child as an individual, and that are committed to making an impact in that child’s life.”
On Teaching: “I saw teaching as a means of social justice and I also saw teaching as a means of creative expression. By what happens in the classroom and by the culture that you build, it just seemed to bring everything that I loved and was passionate about together.”
Emily Banks, Teacher
On Cooperation: “It’s amazing what you can expect of kids if every adult believes the same thing; but if they were to see any cracks in us not working together, this would not be the case.”
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