Ms. Diane Ballard, John Hancock Charter School
Apr 7, 2021, 6:01 PM | Updated: Jan 29, 2024, 2:52 pm
“My daughter is currently in Ms. Ballard’s class this school year. My daughter tends to be slower than other students to learn new math concepts, so Ms. Ballard has been helping her one on one via zoom or in person after school. Because of the help my daughter gets from her, my daughter started building confidence in math and is actually able to handle advanced level math as well now. She motivate students to learn and go above and beyond their capacity, and she always finds a way to reward them in the class such as Root beer float, pizza, muffins, extra recess and so on, but also she teaches the students to “earn” the rewards (and she uses her own money to pay for the rewards). She is such an outstanding teacher who goes extra miles for her students, and I’m sure Ms. Ballard has been helping a lot of students (not just my daughter) in so many ways during her career.”
Submitted by: Rumi Okawa
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