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Mozes wins educator award |
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
BLACKFOOT — The Idaho Parent Teachers Association has chosen an Eastern Idaho teacher as its Outstanding Educator of the Year.
Mary Mozes, who teaches grades 10 and 12 at Butte High School in Arco, was recognized at the Idaho PTA Convention in Pocatello April 19.
According to a news release from Idaho PTA President Barb Bode of Boise, Mozes was chosen for her personal involvement with her students, her support of parental involvement, encouraging her students to do nothing but their best, and her involvement with PTA.
“Mary has a very interactive relationship with the PTA and is always willing to support the many programs and activities that PTA offers, “ Bode said in the news release.
“She is very supportive of parental involvement and believes that the success of a student is enhanced if there is support at home. Mary has a very personal relationship with her students, and expects nothing but the best from them, no exceptions.”
Bode said Mozes’ caring and compassionate attitude is carried into the community, where she has served as a driver for the local emergency medical technicians, and is currently taking the First Responder course.
Mozes began teaching at Butte High School in 1999 as a “more mature” first year teacher. She already had a life in the professional world, Bode said, and brought her expertise from it into her classrooms.
She teaches senior and sophomore English, a business course and a psychology class, has served as student council adviser, and has taken on the huge project of being the Senior Project adviser.
She has two periods of Senior Project during the first semester of each year, and spends countless hours working individually with the kids, getting their papers perfect as well as their projects completed.
She also serves on several school district committees.
In her own words, Mozes says “As an educator and a parent, I feel that success for children demands positive parenting roles ... The most important role for a parent is to read to their children. If children are read to from the time they can hear, they seem to gain a natural love of reading and learning ... Children need to be given responsibilities, shown they are trusted with choices, and learn accountability through natural consequences.
“Accountability helps children develop pride, feel accepted for who they are, and know they can make a difference.”
— Morning News staff
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Last Updated ( Monday, 28 April 2008 )
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