Two Horry County School Math Teachers were honored on January 5th as Extraordinary Educators by the Curriculum Associates Extraordinary Educators program.
Heather Levine and Raheem Robinson were both recipients of the award. In 2022, 31 teachers from across the United States earned this distinction, but Levine and Robinson were the only ones from the state of South Carolina.
Heather Levine, a math teacher at Green Sea Floyds Middle and High School, and Raheem Robinson, a math teacher at Whittemore Park Middle School, have both been named “Extraordinary Educators” as part of the Curriculum Associates Extraordinary Educators program. Curriculum Associates is an education company that develops instructional and diagnostic solutions for teachers. Their Extraordinary Educators program celebrates best-in-class teachers who meet the following requirements:
- Have taught for at least two years
- Have experience using i-Ready® and/or Ready® (programs created by Curriculum Associates) in their classrooms
- Illustrate growth and achievement via formal assessment(s)
- Demonstrate classroom innovation and engagement practices for students
- Are evangelists for high standards and student achievement
- Are champions of equity
Curriculum Associates asked the teachers two questions about their classroom and their use of data. Here are their answers:
Describe your classroom culture in three words.
- Levine: Encouraging, Inclusive, Collaborative
- Robinson: Relationship, Synergy, Purpose
Describe your motto on data-driven instruction. Consider how you use i‑Ready or other data.
- Levine: Data-driven instruction is key to helping the students become the best learners that they can be. Through analyzing the data, I can make informed decisions about what steps need to be taken to help improve my teaching, which in turn will best help the students.
- Robinson: I believe that a person’s teaching method/style should be based on data. Fortunately, i-Ready has given me plethora forms of data to receive insight concerning my students in the end results in students receiving personalized education.