LifeChanger of the Year Nominee Profile
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Robin Milliken
Position: SAI Reading Teacher
School: Meadow Park Elementary School
School District: Palm Beach County School District
City, State: West Palm Beach, FL
Robin Milliken was nominated by her principal, Kelly Patrick.
Ms. Milliken has been a teacher at Meadow Park Elementary School for many years. All of her colleagues look to her as a leader in her school. She currently teaches struggling readers in third grade who are at risk of failing. Year after year, she has successfully remediated students to ensure success, not only in third grade, but in their futures. Her data every year is absolutely phenomenal; she consistently makes a year and a half to two years of growth with students.
2020 has proven to be a very challenging year in the field of education. Teachers are juggling many obstacles and challenges and have had to slip away from all the extra things they would typically do in a year just to be able to manage simultaneous teaching. Ms. Milliken, however, has done the complete opposite. She has stepped up to be her school's Marzano liaison and work with new teachers to professionally develop them to be successful as beginning teachers. She has also stepped up to do many morale-boosting activities with both staff and students. Ms. Milliken has taken on many challenges alone and always has a smile on her face. She spreads positive messages daily on her school's morning news show. She maintains relationships with kids, both in and out of school.
Additionally, Ms. Milliken helps run a summer slide program each year for students at her school. She ensures that children have books to read and activities to do in order to make sure they do not fall behind in the summer.
"Robin has a true passion and dedication to her profession, a profession that I believe to be the most important profession in the world," said Patrick. "She teaches the future of America not only to be successful in school, but to be successful in life after school. During this time of turmoil in a lot of children's lives, she maintains those relationships that are so incredibly important for students to be successful and have confidence in their skills. Robin is a rock for her school, students, staff and community."