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6A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, November 30,2022
Riverview Elementary names Hosch teacher of the year
Brianna
Hosch has
been cho
sen as
Riverview
Elementary
School's
2022-23
Teacher of
the Year.
Photo courtesy
of Brianna
Hosch
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
When she was in high
school, Brianna Hosch vol
unteered at her local
Vacation Bible School and
realized that she loved
working with children. She
decided she wanted to go to
school to become a teacher,
poured herself into pursuing
that dream and never looked
back.
Now Hosch, who some
of her students may know
by her maiden name as Ms.
Baker, is the Exceptional
Children Lead Teacher at
Riverview Elementary
School, is in her 11th year
of teaching and has been
named as Riverview’s
teacher of the year for the
2022-23 school year.
Hosch said that, while she
was in college studying to
be a teacher, she realized
that she was called to teach
some of the most special
children who may need a
little extra help in their stud
ies.
“I just knew that that was
my calling,” Hosch said. “In
my junior and senior year
when I was going through
my student teaching, I just
really enjoyed the place
ments that were special edu
cation, so that was really
what led me to realize I
wanted to teach in special
education.”
Hosch has been at
Riverview for eight of her
11 years teaching and
teaches in the district’s
CBI, or community based
instruction, program. She
has taught all levels of stu
dents from kindergarten
through fifth grade, and this
year she is teaching a class
of students in kindergarten
and first grade in a self-
contained classroom.
One of her favorite
things about teaching,
Hosch said, is getting to
know her students and their
families.
“I love building the rela
tionships with the kids and
the families because we
get to know the parents
and the families very well,
so I do love having that
partnership with them and
getting to know them,”
Hosch said.
In her classroom, Hosch
teaches by the philosophy
that “all students can
learn” and encourages
each of her students to
learn all they can at the
pace that works best for
them.
“I believe that all stu
dents can learn — no mat
ter what they may be fac
ing, they all can learn to
their ability and at their
own pace,” Hosch said. “I
believe in making my stu
dents as independent as
possible and just really
holding them to the stan
dard that they can learn, I
just have to figure out
where their max is and try
to get them there.”
While her classroom can
sometimes run at a slightly
different pace than others,
Hosch said that it’s incred
ibly rewarding at the end
of each year to look back
at everything each of her
students have accom
plished.
“We definitely make
progress, it’s just some
times it’s at a different
pace, so really just seeing
where they are at the
beginning of the year and
then reflecting back at the
end of the year... I love
seeing the growth that they
have made in that school
year,” Hosch said. “By the
end of the year, seeing
them be able to write their
name or do things more
independently just makes
my heart so happy; it’s
very rewarding.”
Hosch was announced
as Riverview’s 2022-23
Teacher of the Year during
one of the school’s post
planning days at the end of
the 2021-22 school year,
right before the teachers
got out for the summer.
She said that she was very
surprised and humbled to
learn that she had been
selected by her peers for
the honor.
“I was shocked; there
are so many amazing
teachers and I didn’t see
myself worthy of it
because I’m just a teach
er,” Hosch said. “But it
was a great feeling; my (at
the time) fiance was there
and my parents, so it was a
really sweet moment.”
Over the years, several
teachers in the CBI pro
gram at different schools
have received the title of
teacher of the year, includ
ing this year’s teacher of
the year for Dawson
County High School and
for the district, Ashley
Caray. Hosch said that, in
order for the CBI program
to work as well as it does,
she and the teachers in all
grade levels work together
towards the ultimate goal
of helping their students
become working members
of the community.
“I’m at the very begin
ning and Ashley is at the
very end when they kind
of transition to work-based
learning; so it’s really cool
to see how far they go and
I love it,” Hosch said. “Our
goal for them is to be as
independent as they can
possibly be; and what that
looks like is different for
every child so we’re teach
ing the basics, working on
academics and indepen
dence, and as they get
older they can go different
pathways.”
Hosch said that, as she
moves forward in this
school year and future
years of teaching, being
selected as her school’s
teacher of the year is a
huge encouragement and
an assurance that she must
be doing something right.
“Last year was a chal
lenging year for me and I
did not feel worthy; I was
pouring my heart out last
year and feeling like
maybe I wasn’t doing
enough or making a differ
ence,” Hosch said. “So it’s
definitely very encourag
ing; I was super honored
to be chosen and to know
that people think so highly
of me.”
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