Kristin Weaver is GSMS Teacher of the Year

Kristin Weaver is GSMS Teacher of the Year

Congratulations to Kristin Weaver, Gulf Shores Middle School 8th Grade History Teacher, on being named 2018-2019 Teacher of the Year. Kristin was born to be a teacher. Growing up everyone knew she would become a teacher, and she can’t recall a time she wanted to be anything else.
Her first teaching experience was teaching dance at a local studio. “I enjoyed watching [the students] grow and learn and knowing I helped,” she said. You can see how teaching is a perfect fit for Kristin after spending just a few moments in her classroom. She is engaging, involved and passionate!
While she always knew she wanted to be a teacher, deciding what to teach was the hard part. Growing up Kristin had several amazing history teachers, so she decided she would like to pass on a love for this subject to her students.
Her favorite thing about teaching is watching her students grow and become more confident in themselves and the relationships that she is able to build with them.
Co-workers describe Kristin as compassionate, energetic, eager, and knowledgeable. She puts all of these traits and more into her classroom and students daily. Kristin puts a great deal of effort into building relationships with her students and developing their passion for life.
“Facts are important, especially in history, but I want my classroom to be more than that. I use history and facts to teach my students life skills,’’ she said. “My goal is for them to walk out of my class and go into the real world and be able to hold their own.”
“Kristin is like the ‘Unsinkable Molly Brown,’ always positive whatever comes her way,’’ said Shery Butler, a fellow history teacher at GSMS. “I have never met anyone as positive, hard-working, and more deserving of this recognition than Kristin Weaver.”
Pictured: Ms. Weaver with Assistant Principal Kim Earley
and Principal Robert McCartney.