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Idaho teacher of the year highlights professional learning communities, student leadership
Summary
Heidi Cornell, Idaho’s 2025 Teacher of the Year and third-grade teacher at Orchards Elementary in Lewiston, told the Senate Education Committee that professional learning communities, relationship-building and time are critical resources for classroom success.
At a Senate Education Committee meeting, Heidi Cornell, a third-grade teacher at Orchards Elementary in the Lewiston School District, introduced as Idaho’s 2025 Teacher of the Year, outlined classroom practices and schoolwide changes she said supported student learning and leadership.
“My mission is that you feel deeply loved when you are with me,” Cornell told the committee, describing a classroom culture she said intentionally includes “the easy to love, the unlovable, and the ones who disagree with me.” She said cultivating relationships, connecting learning to students’ lives and…
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