NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Allen Samuels CDJR Teacher of the Month for September is Zaelynn Foth, a 4th Grade teacher from Haven Grade School. Foth likes the level she teaches now.
"I feel like I get to see a lot of different personalities and see how they can work together, things like that," Foth said. "I enjoy being able to have real conversations with them. I taught first grade my first year and they are a little older, so I can have more real conversations with them, and I can kind of joke around with them, things like that."
Foth knows that the losses of COVID are still here for her class.
"I feel like there's some growth that needs to be made academically from missing some in person time, as well as relationship building, kind of missing those fundamental years," Foth said. "In 1st and 2nd grade they learn to have conversations with people and interact. Some of those social skills, I would say, sometimes are lacking, because of missing some fundamental time in the classroom."
Like many previous winners, it's seeing that knowledge that you have tried so hard to get kids to pick up come back from them that is the fun part of the job.
"I love being with kids," Foth said. "It's the reason I went into teaching. I enjoy being around them and getting to get to know them more and more every day. I enjoy seeing them learn new things and be excited about learning, not always the case, you know? Not always is math the most exciting thing to learn, but I love to see the light bulb goes off when they learn something, or see the growth they make in what we're doing in class."
Foth's class received a pizza party from Pizza Hut and ice cream from Braum's since she won the teacher of the month.
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