Local teacher earns award

Congratulations to local educator, Laurie Clayton, who has earned the 2018 Schulich School of Education Associate Teacher Award.

Clayton has been teaching with the Near North District School Board since 2000.  This past school year, she taught grades 5/6 at Silver Birches Elementary School.

She was nominated by the Nipissing Education student she supervised.  She was selected for the award out of 11 nominations by a committee of professors at Nipissing University.

Clayton’s extensive community work, fundraising efforts, coaching, and other extracurricular organizational activities were cited in her letter of nomination, as was her use of technology and hands-on activities to engage her learners in and outside of the classroom. The letter also stated, “this class was without a doubt the busiest class I have been in, but it was certainly the most rewarding.”

“I volunteer as an associate teacher to provide a safe environment for Nipissing students to make mistakes and grow while in return learning from their knowledge, personality and experiences,” said Clayton.