From Forester to National Teacher of the Year

From Forester to National Teacher of the Year
Michael Geisen, a middle-school science teacher in Oregon, will spend a year as an international spokesman for education. Transcript of radio broadcast:
07 May 2008

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

A science teacher from Prineville, Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest, is the new National Teacher of the Year.

Michael Geisen is thirty-five years old. He was a forester. But he decided he would rather work with growing minds than with growing trees. Seven years ago, he got a master's degree in teaching and a job at Crook County Middle School. Crook County has high rates of poverty.

He brought new energy to the science department. He also created school projects to get parents involved in their children's work.

One girl who was recently in his class said he could probably make it interesting to watch grass grow.

During lunch, his students come to his room to talk, get help, visit his turtle and sometimes join him in playing guitar. He writes songs and develops games about science. He says one of his goals as a teacher is to create people who will continue to learn throughout their lives.

Michael Geisen studied forest resource management and graduated with high honors from the University of Washington.

He says he tries to be creative with each activity. He does not like to use textbooks much. When students know that the work is local and useful to their lives, he says, they start to get interested.

On June first Michael Geisen will begin a year as a spokesman for education. The father of two young children will travel the country and the world.

The National Teacher of the Year program, a project of the Council of Chief State School Officers, began in nineteen fifty-two. The winner is chosen from among state teachers of the year.

President George Bush honored this year's top teachers at the White House last week. He noted that in Michael Geisen's first two years as head of the science department, scores on a state science test rose sharply at his school. And they are still rising. The president's education reform law, the No Child Left Behind Act, expanded testing as a way to measure results.

But speaking at the White House, the new National Teacher of the Year said children are "not just numbers to be measured."

MICHAEL GEISEN: "Students need to know that we value more than just being right all the time. We need to really honor their creativity. We need to honor their desire to learn useful skills that are going to be relevant to the twenty-first century world.

"These are skills such as innovation and creativity, people-skills like compassion and collaboration and the ability not to just know the details but to really see how it fits into the big picture. This is our real challenge, is to educate the entire child."

And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. I'm Steve Ember.

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从福雷斯特向全国教师的年
迈克尔geisen ，初中科学教师在俄勒冈州，将花一年作为一个国际发言人教育。全文电台广播：
2008年5月7日

这是美国之音特别英语教育的报告。

科学教师从prineville ，俄勒冈州，在太平洋西北地区，是新的全国教师的年。

迈克尔geisen是三十五年岁。他是一位福雷斯特。但他决定，他宁愿工作，与日益增长的头脑比与日益增长的树木。七年前，他获得硕士学位，在教学和工作在骗子县中学。骗子县有很高的贫困率。

他带来了新的能源以科学系。他还创造了学校的工程，以取得家长参与其子女的工作。

一个女孩谁是最近在他的学生说，他可能使它有趣的观赏草。

在午膳，他的学生来到他的房间交谈，获得帮助，请访问他的乌龟，有时和他一起弹吉他。他写的歌曲和发展的科学游戏。他说，他的一个目标，作为教师就是要创造人民谁将继续学习，在其整个生命。

迈克尔geisen研究森林资源管理和毕业高的荣誉，从华盛顿大学。

他说，他尝试创作，与每一项活动。他不喜欢使用的教科书。当学生知道，工作是地方和有益的对他们的生活，他说，他们开始兴趣。

6月第一迈克尔geisen将开始一年作为一个发言人教育。父亲的两名年幼子女将前往国家和世界的。

全国教师的年计划的一个项目，该理事会的国家学校行政人员，开始在1952年。赢家是选择从国家教师的年。

美国总统布什荣幸今年的顶端教师在白宫上周。他指出，在迈克尔geisen的头两年，担任科学部，分数对一个国家的科学试验急剧上升，在他的学校。他们仍在上升。总统的教育改革法，不让一个孩子掉队法案，扩大了测试，以此来衡量的结果。

但谈到在白宫，新的全国教师的年说，儿童是“不只是编号，以衡量” 。

迈克尔geisen ： “学生需要知道，我们的价值不止目前的权利，所有的时间，我们需要真正的荣誉，他们的创意，我们需要荣誉，他们渴望学习有用的技能，去相关的二十一世纪世界。

“这些都是技能，如创新和创造力的，人们的技能一样，同情和合作和能力，不要只知道详情，但要真正看它如何适应大图片，这是我们真正的挑战，是教育的整个儿童“ 。

这是该美国之音特别英语教育的报告，写的南希斯坦巴克。我史蒂夫ember 。