{"id":4715,"date":"2018-04-15T20:14:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T00:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/?p=4715"},"modified":"2018-04-13T16:10:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T20:10:03","slug":"t-c-williams-physics-teacher-named-acps-teacher-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/t-c-williams-physics-teacher-named-acps-teacher-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"T.C. Williams Physics Teacher Named ACPS Teacher of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AP Physics Teacher Laura Simons has been named ACPS Teacher of the Year and was our nominee for The Washington Post Outstanding Teacher of the Year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/video\/6YThIbTshI9P5\/embed\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nominated by her students, Simons is a National Board Certified Teacher who has been with ACPS since 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>&#8220;Ms. Simons is truly an exceptional teacher with a talent for making extremely challenging content accessible to her students in fun and engaging ways. Having students initiate the process of nominating Ms. Simons, a process typically undertaken by colleagues and parents, is a testament to how valued she is by those she has impacted the most,&#8221; said Interim Superintendent Lois F. Berlin.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Simons is a lead member of the science department and a lead for the physics professional learning community who actively promotes a love of science in teaching and learning communities. She established &#8220;Nerdy T-shirt Thursday,&#8221; where she and her colleagues wear physics or science-themed t-shirts to promote content. She is also a liaison for the Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) program, which helps to prepare typically under-represented students for four-year college eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>Her contagious passion for science makes her a highly sought after physics teacher.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>&#8220;Ms. Simons is the most understanding teacher I&#8217;ve ever had. She knows how to cater the material to her students and never fails to give us support. She lets us know that it&#8217;s okay to make mistakes. Ms. Simons 100 percent deserves this award. Her dedication to teaching and her compassion for her students makes her the best. She has definitely made me a better student and more prepared for college,&#8221; said senior Ellie Bernstein.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn how and why Simons chose to become a teacher:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/264267262\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nominated by her students, National Board Certified Teacher Laura Simons was also our nominee for The Washington Post Outstanding Teacher of the Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kudos-to-staff"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 12:21:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4715"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4745,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4715\/revisions\/4745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}