Five lessons from the nation’s best online teacher of the year

"Educators who teach in an online setting should foster strong relationships with their students’ parents and should offer plenty of positive feedback, says the nation’s first-ever K-12 Online Teacher of the Year." reports eSchool News.


Teacher Teresa Dove of the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) last week was chosen as the first winner of this new award, which not only recognizes excellent teaching but also the prevalence, and importance, of online learning across the country.

The award, which recognizes an “outstanding online teacher for exceptional contributions to online K-12 education,” was created by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) and the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL).

For Dove, their are five practices that she says make her effective:
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iNACOL and SREB Announce Nation’s First Online K-12 Teacher of Year Award

Congratulations to Teresa Dove!

Source: eSchool News