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Home › Articles › Special Features › Betty Grossman

Betty Grossman

Teacher of the Month

By Crystal Patriarche

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"Mrs. G. has remarkable rapport with both parents and kids and is a teacher parents request year after year," Holzman says. "She is very direct in her communication with both students and parents, and I appreciate that in a teacher."

Grossman says that when teaching, parents have to be your partners and you have to communicate with them often, bringing them in with a student if needed, calling and sending notes. "Parents have to be convinced that you are the child's advocate for the hours they are in school, that you wish them the best and you are trying to get them to the point where they can attain the best," she says.

According to Holzman, Grossman has left many impressions on her boys. She remembers a time when her older son was in eighth grade and came home from school with a beautiful paper he had written. She casually asked him how he had done that and he replied, "It was easy, I had Mrs. Grossman sitting on my shoulder."

Her younger son has spent the last five years hoping for Mrs. G. for fifth grade. When asked what he likes about the teacher now that he has her, he says that she makes everything exciting and is always encouraging students.

For Grossman, she is proud of many things in her teaching career. "I am super proud of a Michael Jordan kind of day," Grossman says. "That's when I feel I've hit every set shot, the kids are excited, enthusiastic and it's been over-the-top learning all day long."


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