Kathleen Pickering is Named MVISD Secondary District Teacher of the Year

MVISD Secondary Teacher of the Year 2024-2025 - Kathleen Pickering

anybody's agriculture practice in the polar regions of course not why it's too cold oh my God look at all the colors so everybody look at my favorite part about my job are the students you know undoubtedly they are the greatest little faces in here every day I get to teach AP Human Geography which is a college level course to for the most part you know early teenagers and they have to perform at a college level with college skills and so it is very rewarding to get to be a part of laying the foundation for them to think you know critically analyze and perform at that level soil water right the physical elements certain things can only grow under certain conditions is passionate about taking care of her students she is always looking for ways to encourage them engage them and help them be successful beyond what they can see for themselves which makes her a unique uh educator it is very challenging because it is a very dense course especially vocabulary dense and so it is about you know really kind of embracing a growth mindset maybe you can't do it you know yet but you we just build on it because at the end of the day they're taking a test a national exam against every other kid taking it and they're not all freshmen and our kids had a ton of success last year we were so excited that she was honored I think it was funny she when she was told that she needed to go do her interview she was like okay but I'm not going to miss much classroom time you know so she's very concerned about missing classroom time even for this honor and that's always an indicator it's not about the honor for her it's it's really about just doing what's right by students the global pass rate for AP Human Geography is 56% and um my pass rate last year was 85% so they crushed it I cried yeah it's really exciting sorry you're really proud of them cuz it's a lot of work I can be ruthless I point to that poster a whole lot you know but they grab a tissue sorry just get going it makes you really proud to be here Edina Valley with those kinds of kids you're just so grateful for that you know experience both their end of it and your end of it