Teacher of the Week: Darla Baker
TIME, GET 18 MONTHS OF NO.
>> OUR TEACHER OF THE WEEK
ACTUALLY RETIRED BUT CAME BACK
TO THE CLASSROOM ON A PART-TIME
BASIS, WR AS KEN SMITH
EXPLAINS, WHY TEACHING I MEAN
SO MUCH TO HER
IT COMES UP. IF YOU SAID
HARMONY, DID IT CORRECTLY.
>> THE SUM OF GOVERNOR BAKER'S
PASSION FOR TEACHING MATH
EQUALS THEM MORE THAN 3
DECADES. SHE SPENT IN THE
CLASSROOM FINISHED THAT WARM-UP
THAT WE DID AT THE BEGINNING.
TEACHING CAME NATURALLY TO
BAKER AT A VERY EARLY AGE,
BEGIN TEACHING BEFORE I WAS
EVER OUT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I WAS A STUDENT THAT THE
TEACHER WOULD PUT WITH THE KIDS
THAT DIDN'T QUITE GET IT OR
COULDN'T GET IT AS QUICKLY.
ONE, HALF OF 20 TO 50. THAT
DESIGNED TO HELP ALL STUDENTS
AND NOT JUST A GIFTED ONES IS
AT THE HEART OF HER APPROACH TO
TEACHING AND WHY SHE CONTINUES
TO TEACH PART-TIME AT 2
SCHOOLS, INCLUDING GARNER
MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL. I TRIED TO
BUILD POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THE STUDENTS.
>> AND THEN I GET TO SEE WHERE
THEY END UP. AND IT'S REALLY
NEAT TO SEE THEM COME BACK.
THEY GET HAVE A GOOD ONE.
>> BAKER SAYS SHE THRIVES ON
THE SUCCESS OF THE STUDENTS.
SHE TEACHES AT HIS TALK OVER
THE YEARS. I ACTUALLY TAUGHT
A PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S
BASKETBALL PLAYER, ROSLYN
KENNEDY, WHO NOW GETS BACK TO
THE COMMUNITY AND WILSON TALL.
SABRINA THOMPSON.
>> WHO ENDED UP BEING ONE OF
THE FINALISTS ON ONE OF THE
SURVIVOR SERIES AND SHE HAS
MANY NONPROFITS IN THE NEW YORK
AREA.
>> AS BAKER.
YOU ARE WRAL'S TEACHER OF THE
WEEK.
>> GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF
APPLAUSE.
AND WELCOME.
>> NOW, IF YOU'D LIKE TO
NOMINATE A TEACHER, GO TO WRAL