A Pesquisa Global para a Educação: Teacher I Need You

Postado por em junho 22, 2014

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Special Ed teacher Matthew Cunningham awarded the inaugural GEMS Education Chicago Teacher Award

“But what does it all mean to YOU?” My teacher was referring to all the facts I had memorized and regurgitated in my answer. What did the facts teach me? Suddenly a light bulb went on in my head. E, in that magical moment, we made a connection that would change the way I thought about history forever.

“When the magic moment hits, it’s an amazing rush,” explains Matthew Cunningham, a 7th and 8th grade special education teacher from Chicago Public Schools’ Frederic Chopin School. “A flood of pride rushes over you. You can see that child’s eyes light up. They often sit up a little straighter, hold their head a little higher, and you can see the confidence of success taking over.”

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“Teaching is the most noble profession due to its responsibility.” – Matthew Cunningham

Cunningham was awarded the inaugural $50,000 GEMS Education Chicago Teacher Award at an inspiring gala at The Field Museum in Chicago on Thursday night in front of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, GEMS Chairman Sunny Varkey, GEMS North America CEO Denise Gallucci, as well as educators and parents across Chicago. Matthew, who credits his Mom (an educator) for his passion to teach, was chosen based on his forward thinking and action-oriented approach to raising the bar of the teaching profession, demonstrating proven innovation in the classroom, and driving excellence both in the classroom and in the community. “Teaching is the most noble profession due to its responsibility,” he comments. “Sometimes you have to inspire kids to reach for goals that are so far off in the distance that they may not even see where they are headed, but it is up to the teacher to guide them down the path to success.”

The leading education systems around the world all have one thing in common – a top quality, highly respected teaching profession. Varkey, whose schools educate more than 150,000 children in 15 países ao redor do mundo, is responsible for a network of over 13,000 education professionals. “Extraordinary educators are the catalyst for excellence in our students,” comments Geoff Jones, Founding Head of the new GEMS World Academy that opens in Chicago this fall. “We are delighted to partner with Chicago’s education community to learn from each other and to grow together.”

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“I want to help facilitate a community of teachers and educators in which we can share and communicate ideas and best practices with teachers across all types of schools here in Chicago, and hopefully around the world.” – Matthew Cunningham

This is the first year of the GEMS Education Chicago Teacher Award. In addition to his $50,000 cash prize, Cunningham will serve as an ambassador for Chicago’s education community and be an advisor to GEMS Education Teacher Innovation and Leadership Program that will launch later this year. “I want to help facilitate a community of teachers and educators in which we can share and communicate ideas and best practices with teachers across all types of schools here in Chicago, and hopefully around the world,” he says.

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All photos are courtesy of GEMS Education

Na busca Global para a Educação, se juntar a mim e líderes de renome mundial, incluindo Sir Michael Barber (Reino Unido), Dr. Michael Bloco (EUA), Dr. Leon Botstein (EUA), Professor Clay Christensen (EUA), Dr. Linda, Darling-Hammond (EUA), Dr. Madhav Chavan (Índia), Professor Michael Fullan (Canadá), Professor Howard Gardner (EUA), Professor Andy Hargreaves (EUA), Professor Yvonne Hellman (Holanda), Professor Kristin Helstad (Noruega), Jean Hendrickson (EUA), Professor Rose Hipkins (Nova Zelândia), Professor Cornelia Hoogland (Canadá), Honrosa Jeff Johnson (Canadá), Senhora. Chantal Kaufmann (Bélgica), Dr. Eija Kauppinen (Finlândia), Secretário de Estado Tapio Kosunen (Finlândia), Professor Dominique Lafontaine (Bélgica), Professor Hugh Lauder (Reino Unido), Professor Ben Levin (Canadá), Senhor Ken Macdonald (Reino Unido), Professor Barry McGaw (Austrália), Shiv Nadar (Índia), Professor R. Natarajan (Índia), Dr. PAK NG (Cingapura), Dr. Denise Papa (US), Sridhar Rajagopalan (Índia), Dr. Diane Ravitch (EUA), Richard Wilson Riley (EUA), Sir Ken Robinson (Reino Unido), Professor Pasi Sahlberg (Finlândia), Professor Manabu Sato (Japão), Andreas Schleicher (PISA, OCDE), Dr. Anthony Seldon (Reino Unido), Dr. David Shaffer (EUA), Dr. Kirsten Immersive Are (Noruega), Chanceler Stephen Spahn (EUA), Yves Theze (Lycée Français EUA), Professor Charles Ungerleider (Canadá), Professor Tony Wagner (EUA), Sir David Watson (Reino Unido), Professor Dylan Wiliam (Reino Unido), Dr. Mark Wormald (Reino Unido), Professor Theo Wubbels (Holanda), Professor Michael Young (Reino Unido), e Professor Minxuan Zhang (China) como eles exploram as grandes questões da educação imagem que todas as nações enfrentam hoje.
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C. M. Rubin é o autor de duas séries on-line lido pelo qual ela recebeu uma 2011 Upton Sinclair prêmio, “A Pesquisa Global para a Educação” e “Como vamos Leia?” Ela também é autora de três livros mais vendidos, Incluindo The Real Alice no País das Maravilhas, é o editor de CMRubinWorld, e é um Disruptor Fundação Fellow.

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