{"id":24557,"date":"2018-12-21T08:29:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T13:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=24557"},"modified":"2018-12-21T08:51:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T13:51:14","slug":"award-winning-teacher-utc-grad-one-of-33-to-earn-national-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/12\/award-winning-teacher-utc-grad-one-of-33-to-earn-national-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning teacher: UTC grad one of 33 to earn national prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_24565\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"900\" data-attachment-id=\"24565\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/12\/award-winning-teacher-utc-grad-one-of-33-to-earn-national-recognition\/baker1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/Baker1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"468,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Baker1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/Baker1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-24565\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/Baker1.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/Baker1.jpg 468w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/Baker1-156x300.jpg 156w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/Baker1-104x200.jpg 104w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/Baker1-208x400.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie Baker graduated from UTC in 2010 and now works in a middle school near Nashville. <em>Photo:\u00a0Harrison McClary<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the day she won it, the Milken Award and its $25,000 prize was a mystery to Katie Baker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had never heard of the award before,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>She reacted with a \u201cWhat?!!\u201d when her name was announced in Chattanooga\u2019s Battle Academy gym in May 2017. \u201cIt\u2019s real,\u201d Jane Foley, senior vice president of the Milken Family Foundation, told Baker as she walked to the front of the gym at the school where she worked since graduating from UTC in 2010. She was one of 33 educators from across the country to win the award and the only recipient in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>Graduating with bachelor\u2019s degrees in early childhood education and Spanish, Baker was a third-grade teacher at Battle until the end of this past school year. She moved to Nashville over the summer after her husband took a job as a software engineer. She landed a position as a fifth-grade teacher in reading, writing and language arts at Mill Creek Elementary School in Nolensville, located 20 miles south of Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>Coming to UTC from her home in Franklin, Tennessee, was not a difficult decision in 2006, she says. The quality of the university\u2019s School of Education was obvious, especially its focus on getting students out in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt UTC, I knew I would have the opportunity to begin getting classroom experience early on in my education,\u201d Baker says. \u201cUTC does an excellent job of creating partnerships with the elementary schools in the area. University students are volunteering and observing in schools right away and do not have to wait until their senior year to student teach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saunya Goss, who was principal at Battle Academy when Baker won the Milken Award, praised her work ethic, noting how she was in charge of the third grade\u2019s day-to-day operations and led the grade\u2019s weekly planning sessions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBaker\u2019s communications skills are an asset in forging relationships with parents; she goes beyond conferences and open houses to connect with them,\u201d Goss says. \u201cAt the beginning of the year she asks parents to write a letter about their children, sharing how they work best and where they may need help. Baker solicits information about parents\u2019 strengths, skills, and interests to find ways to include them in classroom activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In presenting the Milken Award, Foley praised Baker and the way she approaches teaching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe tailors instruction to meet her students\u2019 needs, shares successful strategies with colleagues, builds relationships with parents and plays an important role in moving the whole school forward,\u201d Foley said. \u201cTeachers do not apply for this award. We find great teachers and award them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a magnet school in the Hamilton County system, Battle Academy attracts students from all across the county. Because the students have such a wide range of abilities and capabilities, the school employs a \u201cmultiple intelligences\u201d approach with the idea that one-size-fits-all doesn\u2019t offer the best solution to education.<\/p>\n<p>Baker says the system helped her \u201cget to know students as individuals first and find their strengths and weaknesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some were good at math but bad at English; some the other way around. Some could memorize easily; others had to be coached more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach content area found a way to incorporate their strengths and weaknesses,\u201d Baker says. \u201cYou find their strengths and concentrate on weaknesses or find their weaknesses and concentrate on the strengths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I am getting to know the kids, it\u2019s more their strengths and what they\u2019re interested in that usually go together, and you give them experience in things they aren\u2019t used to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Along with reading, math, science and social studies, Baker\u2019s third-graders learn another very important skill: How to critique each other\u2019s work. As students share their work in front of the class, Baker listens as their peers offer both compliments and suggestions for improvement. She believes she creates a safe environment where her students know they can trust her and each other.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24576\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"24576\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/12\/award-winning-teacher-utc-grad-one-of-33-to-earn-national-recognition\/baker-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/baker.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"baker\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/baker.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-24576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/baker.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/baker.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/baker-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/baker-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/baker-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/baker-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/baker-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2018\/12\/baker-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie Baker works with her students at Mill Creek Middle School in Nolensville, Tenn.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em>Photo: Harrison McClary<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katie Baker wins he Milken Award and its $25,000 prize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2018\/12\/award-winning-teacher-utc-grad-one-of-33-to-earn-national-recognition\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1105,"featured_media":24564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123864,56,8244,64,661],"tags":[83363,83364],"class_list":{"0":"post-24557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-advancement-and-alumni","8":"category-college-of-health-education-and-professional-studies","9":"category-honors-and-awards","10":"category-news","11":"category-students","12":"tag-katie-baker","13":"tag-milken","14":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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