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Austin ISD teachers share classroom stories and, after a school closure, one vows to press officials at board meetings
Summary
Four Austin ISD educators gave personal testimony about classroom practice and student support; one teacher said she will attend board meetings and rallies after a school closure while others reflected on student progress and being named a teacher finalist.
Ashley Marie Fawn, a kindergarten bilingual teacher at Woodane Elementary School, told the gathering that making mistakes is part of learning and that teachers must support each other to create engaging classrooms. “It’s okay to make mistakes,” Fawn said. “Mistakes mean that we’re learning and we support each other.”
Fawn said a recent school closure prompted her to become more active. “With the school closure, I spoke to my husband, sat him down, and I said, I am planning to go to the board meetings. I am planning on speaking at the board meetings. I am planning on going to rallies,” she said. “I’m planning on confronting the people…
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