{"id":11734,"date":"2024-01-22T11:22:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T16:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=11734"},"modified":"2024-01-22T11:22:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T16:22:03","slug":"teacher-of-the-year-finalist-kelly-logue-echols-coaching-staff-and-students-toward-better-literacy-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/teacher-of-the-year-finalist-kelly-logue-echols-coaching-staff-and-students-toward-better-literacy-empowerment\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher of the Year finalist Kelly Logue-Echols: Coaching staff and students toward better literacy, empowerment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Green Run High School literacy teacher Kelly Logue-Echols is a finalist for citywide Teacher of the Year.<\/p>\n

Her 13 years of teaching experience have all been at Green Run High School as an English teacher, elective teacher and literacy coach.<\/p>\n

She originally intended to pursue a law career and started studying for the bar examination. Within a month of working with students as a tutor, she realized her true passion was education.<\/p>\n

\u201cI teach because of my belief in growth, second chances, and the transformative power of education,\u201d she said. \u201cEntering the teaching field allowed me to be an active member of this change in my community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In addition to helping design a new freshman seminar course at Green Run, she is a teacher mentor who facilitates professional development at the school, said Principal Tennille Bowser.<\/p>\n

\u201cKelly is a highly effective coach with teachers, and I also believe her work with students is exceptional,\u201d Bowser said. \u201cShe builds amazing relationships with students and as a result they are eager to attend her bootcamps and frequently seek her out for help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frances Fok, gifted resource teacher, said, \u201cKelly has a positive attitude that encourages teachers to collaborate with her. She works with teachers in all subject areas from English to NJROTC.\u201d<\/p>\n

Logue-Echols serves on the Superintendent\u2019s Teacher Advisory Committee, and Green Run\u2019s Instructional Leadership Team, School Planning Council and AVID site team.<\/p>\n

She helped develop the school-wide Mark It Up initiative to promote literacy by building reading stamina, providing support, and enhancing critical thinking.<\/p>\n

\u201cLiteracy awareness is teaching students how to engage with text, analyze new material, and ask questions regularly,\u201d she said. \u201cNoise, collaboration, and active participation are prompted by this new initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of her highlights of teaching so far was working with a bright student who struggled to focus on his work and trust adults. With Logue-Echols\u2019 help, Green Run became a second family to the student.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough years of struggle, conversations and refusing to give up, this student graduated with high marks,\u201d she said, adding that the student now served in the Air Force. She keeps his graduation photo on her refrigerator as a reminder that teachers have the power to change lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world will one day be run by the students in my classroom,\u201d she said. \u201cI recognize the critical responsibility I have to each of them to foster and cultivate a passion for lifelong learning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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