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Sean McComb was named the 2014 National Teacher of the Year on April 30, 2014.

McComb has an eight-year teaching career at Patapsco High School & Center for the Arts in Baltimore, Maryland, and in addition to teaching his students, he also promotes growth and development among the staff through coaching and training.

Learn more about Sean McComb, the 2014 National Teacher of the Year, here: http://www.ccsso.org/ntoy/National_Teachers/Teacher_Detail.html?id=3627
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Multiple Measures: Quotes From Sean McComb

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Multiple Measures

Quotes from Sean McComb, 2014 National Teacher of the Year
Sean McComb was named the 2014 National Teacher of the Year on April 30, 2014.

McComb has an eight-year teaching career at Patapsco High School & Center for the Arts in Baltimore, Maryland, and in addition to teaching his students, he also promotes growth and development among the staff through coaching and training.

Learn more about Sean McComb, the 2014 National Teacher of the Year, here: http://www.ccsso.org/ntoy/National_Teachers/Teacher_Detail.html?id=3627
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“Kids before content. In my classroom, I don't teach English. I teach students."

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“The first step is to say to the students, you’re not doing
this alone.”

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"We are teaching whole children. We are not just teaching the math portion of their brain."

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"Any time a student is dealing with scarcity at home there are consequences. Sometimes it is a food scarcity, sometimes a financial scarcity. Sometimes it is love, or a scarcity of
self-esteem."

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"I think that we are not able to quantify everything. We are certainly not able to quantify human achievement."

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"Our country deserves a conversation about how we truly want to measure students and teachers. To me that means multiple measures."

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"I think our work as teachers is incredibly complex and incredibly taxing and
incredibly important."

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"The teachers I work with are incredible. They pack everything in to the
school day."

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"As I reflect on lessons from my classroom, the more I arrive back at: The way to a child's mind is through
his/her heart."

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“I don’t get a huge Christmas bonus, but when I get a handwritten letter from a student explaining to me how I made a difference in their lives, that’s priceless.”

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@Mr_McComb
Sources:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/04/30/2014-nationa...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-mccomb/teaching-students-not-sub_b_58839...

http://dailyedventures.com/index.php/2014/07/10/sean-mccomb/

https://twitter.com/Mr_McComb/status/481425595222347777
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