Vanessa Brooks

Teaching Assistant
Spring Oaks Middle School

Her nomination read, in part:

“Vanessa is an indispensable employee at our school. From greeting the students each morning to picking them up as a bus driver for the Saturday school, she is one of the most dedicated people here.

Vanessa begins her day in the cafeteria. She greets the students in a cheerful manner while maintaining discipline and order in an otherwise chaotic time of day. When they are finished eating, the cafeteria is almost spotless due to her insistence that each student be responsible for cleaning up for themselves.

She then moves on to work with ESL students. In a school with more than 200 English language learners, Vanessa has multiple responsibilities that she handles with care and conviction. In a classroom where students’ academic levels in their native languages vary from prekindergarten to eighth grade, she is able to inspire and motivate them with a teaching style that is both firm and encouraging.

Vanessa also assists with the ever-increasing amount of documentation, testing and reporting requirements that go along with an ESL program. She assists in filing, copying, sending, searching, documenting and reporting.

She is a mentor, volunteer, friend and invaluable employee—as well as an outstanding person.”

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