Daisy Miranda
Daisy
R.
Miranda
has
been
awarded
the
ESL
Teacher
Education
Award
for
2020-2021.
Daisy
has
been
teaching
for
21
years
and
is
currently
a
full
time
ESL
teacher
at
Neuse
River
Middle
School
in
Wake
County
Public
Schools.
She
has
accepted
a
position
at
Baileywick
Elementary
School
to
teach
fifth
grade
for
the
2021-2022
school
year.
Daisy
has
a
Masters
Degree
in
Education
and
is
completing
her
ESL
add-on
licensure
in
May
of
2021.
Daisy
has
excelled
in
her
course
work
in
the
ESL
add-on
license
program
at
NCSU
since
she
enrolled
in
January
2019.
In
FL
440,
Internship
in
Teaching
ESL,
Daisy
has
shown
how
well
she
can
work
even
when
faced
with
adversity
and
challenges
that
were
out
of
her
control.
In
addition
to
the
changing
parameters
of
the
classroom
due
to
the
COVID-19
pandemic,
Daisy
had
to
adjust
multiple
times
to
teach
new
subjects,
students,
and
in
ways
that
she
has
never
taught
before.
She
taught
fully
online,
in
person,
and
hybrid
during
the
pandemic
beginning
in
March
2020.
Daisy
rose
to
the
occasion--
learning
new
ways
of
teaching
online
to
engage
both
students
in
person
and
still
at
home!
Daisy
was
thoughtful
in
her
lesson
planning,
open
to
feedback,
and
dedicated
to
reflecting
on
how
she
can
continue
to
improve
her
practice.
She
consistently
demonstrated
pedagogical
and
content
knowledge
in
her
teaching.
She
understands
the
need
for
students
to
interact
with
one
another
to
discuss
ideas
and
improve
their
language.
In
addition,
Daisy
allows
students
to
draw
from
their
full
linguistic
repertoire
and
to
be
successful
in
her
classroom
since
she
can
navigate
between
Spanish,
the
students’
first
language,
and
English
easily.
Perhaps,
most
importantly,
it
was
clear
in
my
observations
that
Daisy
has
established
good
rapport
with
her
students.
They
know
that
she
is
invested
in
their
learning.
She
is
encouraging,
positive,
and
energetic
during
the
lesson.
At
the
same
time
she
is
demanding
that
the
students’
participate
and
engage
fully
in
her
classes.
It is wonderful to have this chance to honor Daisy for all her work both in our program and as a teacher. Thank you for all that you have done for the English language learners in North Carolina.
