5 NEWS AT 9:00.
>> THEY'RE YOUR CHILDREN,
THEY'RE NOT YOUR STUDENTS.
AND YOU LOVE THEM WITH ALL YOUR
HEART.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU AN
EFFECTIVE TEACHER, WHEN TH
CHILD KNOWS THAT YOU LOVE THEM.
MARKIE: SOME PROFOUND WORDS
THERE BUT THE PAST YEAR AND A
HALF HAS BEEN A TOUGH STRETCH
FOR OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.
TEACHERS LEAVING FOR BETTER PA
IN NEARBY STATES.
EVEN LAST YEAR'S TEACHER OF THE
YEAR JUST LEFT US FOR TEXAS.
BUT TODAY WE ARE SITTING DOWN
WITH THE MAN YOU JUST HEARD FR
OKLAHOMA'S 2017 TEACHER OF THE
YEAR, MR. JON HAZELL.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
JON: THEY GIVE ARE HAVING ME.
MARKIE: YOU HAVE BEEN A SCIENCE
TEACHER FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
JON: I JUST FINISHED MY 34TH
YEAR.
MARKIE: WHAT HAS BEING A TEACHER
THERE FOR THE PAST THREE DECADES
MEANT TO YOU?
JO I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP
RELATIONSHIPS WITH KIDS, AND
NOW, THEIR KIDS.
I HAVE SOME DEEP LONG-RUNNING
RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILIES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TEACH
TEACHERS IS IF YOU WANT TO BE
EFFECTIVE IN THE CLASSROOM, A
LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT
YOU CAN DO OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
.
WHEN THEY TRUST YOU AND KNOW
YOU, YOU CAN DO A LOT MORE IN
THE CLASSROOM.
MARKIE: IT IS A GAME CHANGER.
IN THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE
WATCHED A BOBBY RYAN FOR THE
EDUCATION SYSTEM.
YOU HAVE BEEN WRITING THAT
ROLLER COASTER.
AS A TEACHER IN OUR STATE, WHAT
IS YOUR REACTION TO WHERE WE ARE
NOW?
JON: IT IS A BUMPY RIDE, B MY
WIFE IS IN GHANA WORKING A
MISSION YIELD IN THE JUNGLE, AND
I DON'T USE THAT AS AN EXCUS WE
SHOULD NEGLECT TEACHERS, BUT ONE
THING I TALK ABOUT IS
PERSPECTIVE.
I KNOW PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD
HAVE IT A WHOLE LOT WORSE THAN
WE DO, AND SOMETIMES WE GET
CAUGHT UP IN NEGATIVE THINGS WE
THINK ARE HUGE PROBLEMS AND THEN
WE WALK AROUND WITH A NEGATIVE
ATTITUDE.
IF WE SPEND ALL OF OUR TIMES
POINTING FINGERS AND ASSIGNING
BLAME, WE WILL NOT FIND ME
SOLUTIONS TO OUR ISSUES.
MARKIE: JUST FIND A SILVER
LINING WHEREVER YOU CAN?
JON: YES.
AND THE BIGGEST ISSUE THIS IS
CAUSING, IS OUR YOUNG KIDS ARE
NOT GOING INTO EDUCATION
ANYMORE.
WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM THAT
WE'RE GOING TO SEE COMING DOWN
THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT, IS YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER SEEING AND
FEELING EDUCATION AS A GOOD
CAREER THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO
INTO.
THE NUMBER OF KIDS GRADUATING
FROM EDUCATION PROGRAMS, ALONG
WITH THE YOUNG TEACHERS GETTING
OUT, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A
SERIOUS ISSUE.
WE THINK WE HAVE ON NOW, WE
DON'T.
IT IS GOING TO GET WORSE.
MARKIE: WHICH PUTS OUR FUTURE
CHILDREN IN JEOPARDY WHEN THERE
IS THAT LACK OF TEACHERS YOUR
TALKING ABOUT.
WHAT DO YOU DO TO CHANGE THAT?
JON: ONE OF THE THINGS I'M
WORKING ON, THE MAY SONIC LODGE
GA ME -- MASON LODGE GAVE ME
$5,000 AND SAID IT IS YOURS, DO
WHAT YOU WANT WITH IT.
I DEVELOPED AN EDUCATION
SCHOLARSHIP.
WE ARE GOING TO AWARD KIDS THAT
WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL TO BE
TEACHERS.
THEN I WENT TO MY BUSINESS
COMMUNITY AND ASKED THEM, WOULD
YOU FUND THIS SCHOLARSHIP
PERPETUALLY.
IT WILL BE THERE TO ENCOURAGE
ITS TO GO INTO EDUCATION.
AND NOW I HAVE BUSINESSPEOPLE
WANTING TO MAKE IT BIGGER.
I REALIZE IT IS JUST ONE TOWN,
AND FOR HER FIVE KIDS RIGHT NOW,
IF OTHER AMENITIES WOULD WORK ON
THIS --
BECAUSE THE KIDS -- THEY SEE THE
LACK OF MONEY, BUT THEY SEE THE
LACK OF RESPECT.
I KNOW PEOPLE DO RESPECT
TEACHERS, BUT THAT IS NOT HOW
THEY SEE IT.
THERE HAS TO BE INCENTIVE TO
ENCOURAGE KIDS TO GO INTO
EDUCATION.
MARKIE: I HOPE THAT COMES TO
FRUITION EXACTLY AS YOUR HOPING,
AND AS YOU ARE SENDING IT TO BE
--
JON: I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO
PEOPLE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
MARKIE: GOOD.
A COUP OF WEEKS AGO, I SAT
DOWN WITH 2016 TEACHER OF THE
YEAR, AND HE IS LEAVING FOR
TEXAS.
I WANT TO GET YOU TAKE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHAT DO YOU FEEL?
DO UNDERSTAND?
JO I UNDERSTAND.
I UNDERSTAND HIS FLIGHT.
HE HAS DONE THE NUMBERS, PEOPLE
HAVE SEEN THAT AND WHAT THEY
HAVE AND WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE.
IMY MESSAGE IS -- I AM
OLDER.
WE TALK ABOUT THE INTRINSIC
REWARDS THAT EDUCATION GIVES
THAT MONEY CANNOT PAY FOR, BUT
YOU TALK TO A YOU TEACHER, AND
THEY ARE NOT WEAR THAT HAS
STARTED TO TAKE PLACE YET.
THEY ARE JUST WORRIED ABOUT
FEEDING THEIR FAMILY, WORRIED
ABOUT THE ABLE TO BUY A HOME, DO
BASIC INKS, AND -- DO BASIC
THINGS, AND A LOT OF TEAHERS
ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.
I DON'T BEGRUDGE ANYBODY THAT
HAS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR
FAMILY, BUT MY MESSAGE IS -- WE
CANNOT ALL GO.
OUR KIDS ARE HERE, THEY NEED
SOMEBODY TO LOVE THEM AND HE
THERE TO EDUCATE THEM.
THE ANSWER IS YES, IT'S GOING TO
BE A STRUGGLE, WE MAY HAVE TO DO
WITHOUT HER A WHILE.
I THINK IF YOU OFFER PEOPLE A
VIAB ALTERNATIVE LIKE THE
EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP, I THINK
WE CAN TURN THINGS AROUND AND
MAKE THINGS WORK BETTER.
IT IS GOING TO BE A WHILE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVER
NIGHT.
NOT TALKING ABOUT FIGHTING THE
LEGISLATURE, FIGHTIN THE --
TALKING ABOUT DOING WHAT IS BEST
FOR THE CHILDREN.
IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO SIT DOWN
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