Elementary math teacher Cynthia Stevens has been named an Extraordinary Educator, class of 2023, by Curriculum Associates. Photo Credit: Cynthia Stevens

There are many talented and dedicated educators working in American public schools. One of these is Cynthia Stevens, an elementary teacher from Shillington, Pennsylvania. She has been named an Extraordinary Educator for the class of 2023 by Curriculum Associates.

Cynthia teaches mathematics to fourth graders at Mifflin Park Elementary in the Governor Mifflin School District. Cynthia is quite definitely an ambassador for her subject area, and her enthusiasm for her subject is one of the greatest tools in her teaching arsenal. “Positive ‘mathitude’ is contagious. If you act like it is the best thing in the world, they will believe it!” she declares.

Cynthia says she credits her success in the classroom to data-driven instruction. “Data-driven instruction is important because children need different things,: she asserts, “and data will show us what their needs are.” She says that her motto about data-driven instruction comes from one of her favorite quotes. “Children are not things to be molded, but rather people to be unfolded,” she says.

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