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McKinley teachers and students praise student teacher 'Mister Clockey' for classroom engagement and math instruction
Summary
Teachers and students at McKinley praised a student teacher identified in the transcript as "Mister Clockey" for strong classroom management, content knowledge and encouraging productive struggle; the transcript does not record any formal hiring or award action.
Teachers and students at McKinley praised a student teacher identified in the transcript as "Mister Clockey" for strong classroom engagement and math instruction.
The remarks, made by school staff and students during a recorded session, emphasized the student teacher's content knowledge, relationships with students and emphasis on giving middle schoolers time to "experience productive struggle." Colleagues and students said those qualities made him a strong fit for the school.
A colleague (Speaker 2) said, "He was 1 of my last student teachers, and he was phenomenal. He has good relationships with the kids. He has good content knowledge. He knows how to communicate well with others, and I knew right away he was somebody we needed here at McKinley."
An unnamed teacher (Speaker 1) described her approach to classroom instruction and the role of encouraging students: "I love being a teacher. I don't love math, if that makes sense...the content comes second over teaching students about skills that they'll need, especially middle school students that are so impressionable." The teacher added that students should "experience productive struggle" and praised a student's solution during instruction: "That was so good. Like, you have no idea how good that was."
Students praised the student teacher's dedication and ability to engage learners. One student (Speaker 3) said, "I think mister Clockey deserved to win educator of the year because he's very dedicated to his students, and he offers a lot of student choice." Another student (Speaker 4) commented, "Mister Clotke can engage anyone. He is very bold. He knows his content, and he is very interested in students also learning the math concepts to make them an even better math student."
The transcript includes two spellings of the student teacher's name ("Clockey" and "Clotke"). The record does not show any formal personnel action, hiring decision or award vote related to the remarks. No statutes, policies or other authorities were cited in the portion of the transcript provided.
