Third Grade Teacher Assistant Hotchkiss receives "Educator of the Month"
1/15/2015 1:00:00 PM - Tribal Observer

Education Administration would like to take this opportunity to showcase the shining stars in our department. We are proud of each and every team member within our department and think the community should know about you!

Congratulations Kara Hotchkiss for being selected as our December Educator of the Month!

The following is a questionnaire completed by Hotchkiss:

Which program do you work for? Saginaw Chippewa Academy

What is your title? Third Grade Teacher

How long have you worked for the Education Department? This is my fourth year teaching. I started in August 2011.

What is your favorite part of working in this department? I love how much I get to learn about the culture. And it is even more exciting watching the students learn and use their language.

What is your funniest memory in working with our students? My first year teaching, I had a very small group of mostly boys. It was very difficult to find something they were interested in. One day, the students were illustrating their writer’s notebook cover. For inspiration, I told them to draw something that represented who they were or what they were interested in. One of my students drew a piece of fried chicken. To this day, whenever I see this student (who is not in 6th grade) I always picture his drawing of a fried chicken leg.

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up? I always knew I wanted to be a teacher, I thought grading papers looked like fun.

Something people may not know about you. I have a 7-month-old daughter, Hadley.

What is your favorite movie? Fried Green Tomatoes

What is your favorite food? Pizza

Thank you so much for being such an integral part of our education team! We appreciate you!