Derek Voiles teaches English-Language Arts in the middle with his seventh-grade classroom located in East Tennessee, and he is the 2017 Tennessee Teacher of the Year. Derek dresses the part every day in order to lead by example and show his students the high expectations for excellence he requires. Derek is only in his 7th year as a teacher but has the model classroom that other teachers observe in hopes to replicate for themselves. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English-Literature and a Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL) from Carson-Newman University; he also received his degree as an Education Specialist in Instructional Leadership from Lincoln Memorial University and wrapping up his Doctorate from East Tennessee State University. These are just a few of the accomplishments in Derek's busy life, and we will learn about others in this episode from another great leader in his field.

SHOW NOTES

• Relaxing on Spring Break 
• Derek's schedule for this year
• How Derek relaxes
• Moments leading up to Derek being "drug" into teaching
• Public Speaking Process
• Failure in the classroom with a student during his first year
• Bow Ties and dressing the part

• TED Talk - Expectations
• Expert in the classroom in these two things

"I wish I was better at time....." Derek Voiles

• Technology in the Classroom - iPhone & Elmo
• Videos in the classroom
• Website (teachinginthemiddlepd.com)
• Teacher of the Year
• Writing Process 

1. Legal Pad and Pen
2. Running
3. Coming back to it

• Morning Routines 
• Classroom routines in the morning
• Morning Huddle 

Apps mentioned in the show
Doc Scan Pro

Books and Links mentioned in the show 
"The Crown" ⇐ on Netflix
"The Way of the Shepherd" ⇐ by Kevin Leman
"The End of Molasses Classes" ⇐ by Ron Clark
"What Great Teachers do Differently" ⇐ by Todd Whitaker
"This is How We Do It" ⇐ Montell Jordan

Where to find Derek
Twitter
Facebook
Website

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Music
Song: I dunno (ft. J Lang, Morusque) 
Artist: Grapes 
Album: ccMixter
 
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