While Kate’s job title requires her to spend more time in an office than a classroom, that does not stop her from spending as much time as she can with students. On any given day, Kate is seen having lunch with students, helping out with classroom activities, or simply taking the extra time to learn about students and their families and how she can support them. Whatever the context, students’ faces light up as soon as Kate walks in the room. Kate’s philosophy is that learning occurs everywhere; classroom, community, and within simple daily interactions. She shares this philosophy with her fellow educators and it has had a positive effect on her students.
Because of her compassion for her students, Kate was chosen as a winner of Northeast Credit Union’s Teachers That Wow contest. We support her love of education as well as her work as an advocate for students with disabilities.