Her advice to a beginning teacher: “Give yourself grace as you learn; your students deserve this same grace. Lessons don’t have to be perfect, but do create a classroom community that helps your students connect to those lessons. Every student deserves to have their identity honored. Listen to them, and they will teach you to teach.”
Monica Washington
Texarkana, TX | Years Taught: 20
Additional Recognition
- 2021 • Named in Top 21 Rising Women of 2021 (Brightbeam)
- 2015 • NEA Global Learning Fellow
- 2015 • Lowell Milken Unsung Hero Fellow
- 2014 • Texas Teacher of the Year (TX Association of School Administrators)
- 2014 • California Casualty Award (Horace Mann)