A Teacher of the Year is selected annually in Downey Unified in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Teachers of the Year awards that occurs each October. This year, our very own Mrs. Vicki Arosteguy won the award. Mrs. Arosteguy is an RSP teacher here at Doty Middle School and has been a part of the Downey Unified family for 20 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mrs. Arosteguy was honored at the October 7th Board Meeting for her exceptional work with students. \u201cDuring this time of extraordinary challenges to our school communities, it is especially important that we pay tribute to our outstanding teachers who, in the face of a pandemic, are bringing care, compassion, and ingenuity to their virtual classrooms,\u201d stated Dr. Debra Duardo during the County\u2019s award ceremony a few days prior to the Board of Education meeting. Dr. Duardo, the Los Angeles County Office of Education\u2019s Superintendent of Schools, continued by saying, \u201cI am truly impressed by their innovative practices and the partnerships they are building to keep students learning and thriving.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mrs. Arosteguy was honored along with 47 other teachers in Los Angeles County during the Los Angeles County Teachers of the Year celebration, which was organized by the Los Angeles County Office of Education. During our Board of Education meeting, Mrs. Arosteguy was present to accept this award along with Doty’s Principal, Brent Shubin, and Vice-Principal Kathy Nicassio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mrs. Arosteguy began her career in Downey Unified in 2001 at Rio San Gabriel Elementary and started at East Middle School (now Doty Middle School) the following year where she has been an RSP teacher now for 19 years. She has served as the Special Education Department Chair at Doty for 10 years and pioneered the first RSP\/General Education coteaching assignments on the Doty campus. In partnership with other teachers, Mrs. Arosteguy has refined the co-teaching model and currently serves as a mentor for her colleagues. She is also the Honor Roll\/Scholarship Club Advisor, a Femineers coach, and a Master Teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe most important thing I can tell you about Mrs. Arosteguy is that she truly cares about kids,\u201d shared Principal Shubin. \u201cShe advocates for the conditions and needs of her students for them to be able to learn and succeed. She has, for years, voluntarily held RSP Homework Help after school to provide that extra support for kids who maybe don\u2019t have it at home. She experiments with new strategies, techniques, and technology to make certain curriculum more accessible to her learners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations Mrs. Arosteguy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Doty\u2019s own Mrs. Vicki Arosteguy was named DUSD\u2019s 2020-2021 LACOE Teacher of the Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-announcements"],"yoast_head":"\r\n