{"id":873,"date":"2022-05-31T17:40:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T09:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gochambers.com\/globalupdates\/?p=873"},"modified":"2022-05-31T17:42:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T09:42:27","slug":"wheeling-chamber-of-commerce-names-teachers-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gochambers.com\/globalupdates\/latest-news\/wheeling-chamber-of-commerce-names-teachers-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheeling Chamber of Commerce Names Teachers of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHEELING \u2014 The Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce will celebrate three Ohio County teachers as its 2021-22 teachers of the year.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s honorees are Ryan Stanton, a teacher of Wheeling history and college-level government classes at Wheeling Park High School; Shawna Safreed, a seventh grade reading teacher at Bridge Street Middle School; and Gabrielle Burriss, a fifth grade teacher at Middle Creek Elementary School.<\/p>\n

Administrators at each school in Ohio County submitted the names of their nominees for teacher of the year to the chamber, and the chamber\u2019s education committee reviewed them and selected the winners.<\/p>\n

The three educators will be honored during the chamber\u2019s annual steak fry on August 11, said Laurie Conway, marketing and communications director for the chamber.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thankful to our education committee for reviewing all these applications,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was a tough choice to make. They expressed how great all the applicants were \u2014 both for teacher of the year and for our scholarship. We are excited to honor them in August.\u201d<\/p>\n

WPHS student Kaylynn Hall was the winner of a $1,000 scholarship funded by Williams Lea through the Wheeling chamber. Stanton, a Wheeling native and 2002 graduate of WPHS, has been a teacher for 12 years. He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree from West Liberty University, and a master\u2019s degree from West Virginia University.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe chance to make an impact in student\u2019s lives and be able to teach them something they didn\u2019t know is what I like about teaching,\u201d Stanton said. \u201cThe chance to motivate them is what got me into teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stanton is well-known for the decor of his classroom where the walls are adorned with political signs from campaigns happening over the past couple of decades. He said he got the idea from other teachers during discussions happening in their advanced placement teaching certification classes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason I do that is they are a great conversation piece,\u201d Stanton explained. \u201cEvery so often someone will ask, \u2018You mean Manchin was our governor? I thought he was our senator.\u2019 We talk about the signs all year.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the students don\u2019t realize Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, or a U.S. senator before she ran for president.\u201d<\/p>\n

Safreed is not only a chamber pick for teacher of the year, but also was selected by Ohio County Schools as its top educator for 2021-2022. He also is a graduate of WPHS and WLU.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always wanted to be a teacher since I was a little girl,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to work with children, and help raise children as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

She and her husband Rob have one son, but she calls all her students \u201cher kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are as much a part of my family as my own child,\u201d Safreed said. \u201cEvery single day matters in the classroom. I celebrate the kids in my classroom. We work together as a team. We have strong relationships in the classroom and that makes it easier to teach. Student relationships are so important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said she knows of many other teachers who are just as deserving to be teacher of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel honored and blessed,\u201d she said. \u201cI was born to be a teacher. It was what I was meant to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burriss graduated from WPHS in 2015, and has since gained both her bachelors and masters degrees from WLU. She is working on her doctorate from North Central University. She has only been teaching for two years, and she said she is where she always wanted to be.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was a student at Elm Grove Elementary School, my mother passed away unexpectedly,\u201d Burriss explained. \u201cThe teachers there became my maternal figures, and it was my happy place.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe weren\u2019t the richest family. Because we had a lot of trauma at a young age, I think I can relate to some students more than other teachers who may come from more privileged backgrounds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burriss looks to have a positive influence in her students\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing that motivates me is for many I\u2019m the reason they are coming to school,\u201d she continued. \u201cWhen I think about relationships formed this year, it warms my heart to know they are happy when they come in and sit down.<\/p>\n

\u201cEducation is my entire life, and I\u2019ve dedicated my life to it,\u201d Burriss said.<\/p>\n

Source : The Intelligencer<\/a><\/p>\n

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