This project began as a collaboration between the New York State Education Department and the Multimedia Lab at New York University, with the intention of developing a series of videos, aptly titled Teacher of the Year. They were designed to recognize the achievements of acclaimed New York State teachers, as well as to foster a more enriching learning community for their fellow instructors. Our videos provide a platform for exceptional teachers to share their techniques, experiences, advice, and philosophies. Viewers are taken into the classrooms for an intimate experience of the innovative and effective teaching methods utilized by select teachers. They show firsthand how these instructors have gone beyond the classroom and reached their students on a personal, as well as academic, level. The full arsenal of resources presented in these videos celebrate these distinguished teachers, while simultaneously inspiring other instructors to seek the same level of excellence and to take with them those insights that will aid in their own contributions to academia. As we commend the accomplishments of remarkable teachers, we hope to both inform and educate the general public about the passion and dedication of the teaching community. With these goals in mind, we will present the Teachers of the Year series, which is available online as well as on DVD.
Follow Liz as a master teacher, learn from her teaching biography.
Liz discusses her approach for working with hard to reach students.
Liz talks about why she teaches and the proper approach to the classroom.
Every teacher will tell students that Math is everwhere. Here Liz demonstrates some of the lessons she uses to illustrate this point.
Students need immediate feedback on work, proper planning includes having time to grade the assignments.
Liz describes different classroom seating arrangements and her preference.
Liz discusses the role of a teacher of the year. Opportunities to better use the New York teacher of the year.
Liz describes her routine in the classroom and why she thinks it is important. Includes experience working with teachers that do not use routines.
Liz describes what she feels is important for teachers to do to be effective. Special note to first year teachers.
Liz teachers her middle school students geometry. This is a simple lesson for teaching geometry that is fun and exciting. Students discover pi in this lesson.