The teacher I will nominate for The EOY award is Eva Foxwell. I nominate Mrs. Foxwell because she is always excited and always displays a positive attitude in class. Mrs. Foxwell is the business technology teacher for my middle school, and she left such an impact that I have decided to recommend her for this honor.

Mrs. Foxwell has taught me many important skills in life, such as how to shake someone's hand properly and to always look someone in the eyes when talking to them. In the sixth grade, she also taught us how to type without looking at the keyboard. She said that it would help us out later on in life. I didn’t believe her, but now that I am in high school, I can confidently say it does help. I can type faster because I know where all the keys are. She also rewarded you for being engaged in the class and would give you candy if you tweeted at her. I think this helped me get more engaged in class, and it helped me pay attention more, so I could tweet about it later and get a reward.

In the seventh grade, Mrs. Foxwell really started putting us to work compared to the sixth grade. She had us create our own business and write a business plan. At the time I really didn’t like this, but I then began to understand that this would help me later on in life if I decide to start my own business. Mrs. Foxwell also started her own club called the BVA club where she would help students team build. Mrs. Foxwell always displayed a positive attitude in class, and she sat the class down and told us one day to never display a negative attitude in class or at the workplace because that will affect your work and how hard you work. Mrs. Foxwell would always give every student a job in her class. Some examples of this were the scribe manager, assistant manager, or project manager. These jobs taught us responsibility and how to take charge in the workplace. I was the scribe manager which meant I would tell the class what we would be doing for that period. Being a scribe manager taught me to be organized because I had to tell the class what we did the day before, so I had to write it down somewhere in my notebook. Being a scribe manager also taught me how to project my voice to the class so that everyone could hear me.

In the eighth grade, she taught us how to do well in a job interview. She took us through the process of making a resume, and she even had us make up our own interview questions and answer them. This is also where she told us the sixth-grade skills we learned would be important, such as how to do a good handshake and to always make eye contact with someone even if it makes you feel uncomfortable. At the end of the year, she finally had us sit down with someone and have a mock interview for a job we pretended to apply for. She had us dress for the occasion. I chose to apply to be a judge, and during the interview, I was very nervous, but in the end, I passed. The last year in business technology really helped me prepare for my high school interview for DMA.  Mrs. Foxwell taught us how to interview properly and some tips and tricks to being in an interview, such as always asking three questions at the end and always send them an email to thank them for interviewing you.

In conclusion, the reasons I chose to nominate Mrs. Eva Foxwell for Educator of the Year award are because she helped me learn lots of life skills and helped me get into my high school of choice - DMA. Mrs. Foxwell helped me out a lot and I’m sure she helped out many other kids, and I hope she continues to help more kids in the future.