Gina Wilson is a Lead Teacher and CORE Advisor at the Early College Alliance @ Eastern Michigan University. She is a National Board Certified Teacher in Mathematics and a director for the MI National Board Certified Teachers Network. She is also a Michigan Educator Voice Fellow through America Achieves, a Collaborative for Student Success Teacher Champion, and a TeachStrong Ambassador. Prior to her teaching career, she worked as an environmental engineer and earned a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Follow her at @GinaWilsonNBCT.
Podcast: What Board Certification Means to the Teaching Profession
September 18, 2017
In this podcast, Michigan math teacher Gina Wilson shares why she loves teaching. “National Board Certification is a strong platform to help people see that teaching is a profession." Download Episode
Read MoreWords Matter: I Don’t “Give” Grades
May 1, 2017
My daughter loves cooking shows so we watch a lot of Food Network TV at our house. Most of these shows are competitions, and when the shows get to the elimination point I often feel myself becoming agitated. I couldn’t figure out why until one of our recent daylong staff meetings to assess student progress. In my class, I don’t “give” grades – my students demonstrate their mastery of skills and I report a “grade” that reflects that. Our program assesses students on soft skills and academic skills and we discuss these expectations daily in class. My students practice skills…
Read More#TeachStrong
May 23, 2016
As a National Board Certified Teacher, though you may not know it, you are already a TeachStrong Advocate. As an Advocate, you should know that TeachStrong is releasing its first policy proposal tomorrow (May 24th)—on the importance of identifying and recruiting high-achieving, diverse teacher candidates—in Denver, Colorado. Tomorrow night, we will also be hosting our second TeachStrong Twitter Chat from 8:00 – 8:30 PM EST. As a teacher, you are invited to both events. TeachStrong is a national campaign dedicated to modernizing and elevating the teaching profession. Sixty partner organizations have united in the belief that our nation’s students and…
Read MoreA Math Teacher Goes to the Capitol…And Why You Need To Do the Same
April 26, 2016
If you had asked me six months ago if I would be requesting meetings with legislators and sharing my experiences as an educator with them, I would have laughed at you. But that is exactly what I did this month and will be doing in the future. If you are an educator you need to do this too. Let me tell you how. This month, I attended the Michigan Educator Voice Convening and spent most of the day in the Michigan Capitol building. I first met with Michigan Representative Adam Zemke (@adamzemke) with a team of three teachers and administrators.…
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