Diana Riley
Working with students 18-22 with disabilities. I love teaching them job/life skills because they deserve a future to be proud of
Working with students 18-22 with disabilities. I love teaching them job/life skills because they deserve a future to be proud of
Help me become America's Favorite Teacher, win $25,000, a trip to Hawaii, and appear in Reader's Digest!
The winning teacher's inspiring story will appear in Reader's Digest, celebrating their remarkable influence on education.
Learn MoreI'm a job coach working with young adults with special needs. I've been a teachers assistant for over 20 years. I love working with kids of all ages. I bring fun to everything I do. Students connect better when they enjoy a fun lesson.
Tell us about your most memorable teaching experienceI had a student who had come from a bad place.Nobody could connect with him . By the end of the school year, he went from hating everyone, hitting and angry, to smiling, giving me hugs and bringing up his grades.
What would you do with the $25,000?Some would go to my personal expenses, I would also donate to my school. We are not a K-12 school. We are a secondary transitional school. There for, we don't qualify for Title 1 funding. We could use the funds.
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