Tus xib fwb kos duab ntawm Escuela Vieau, Laura Lofton, nco qab tias kev kos duab muaj nqis npaum li cas rau nws thaum nws tseem hluas. Qhov ntawd yog ib yam dab tsi uas nws xav qhia rau lwm tus.

"Kuv tos ntsoov yuav mus kawm kos duab txhua lub lim tiam. Nws yooj yim, yog tias koj xav tias koj ua tau zoo ntawm qee yam," Lofton hais. "Kuv sim ua kom kuv cov menyuam txhua tus xav tias lawv ua tau zoo."

Qhov ntawd yog ib qho zoo uas ua rau Lofton tau txais qhov khoom plig Outstanding Educators Award xyoo no. Lub tsev khaws puav pheej tsuas xaiv ob tug xib fwb los ntawm thoob plaws lub xeev rau qhov kev hwm no.

Ntxiv rau kev qhia kos duab, Lofton kuj yog tus coj tshooj Girls on the Run thiab qhia txog robotics. Lofton tau tsim peb txoj haujlwm robotics; nws tau kawm sau cov nyiaj pab thiab tom qab ntawd tau mus kawm thiab yeej nyiaj pab rau Vieau robotics xyoo tas los los ntawm lub xeev Department of Public Instruction.

Muaj ib txhia tub ntxhais kawm nyiam kos duab thiab robotics, ib yam li Lofton. "Nws yog lub hlwb muaj tswv yim zoo ib yam," Lofton hais.

Kev qhia kos duab tau pom tias pab cov tub ntxhais kawm ntau txoj hauv kev, xws li txhim kho kev nco qab, nce kev koom tes, thiab txhim kho kev kawm txog kev xav thiab kev sib raug zoo.

"Peb tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm nws txawm tias peb pom peb tus kheej ua cov kws kos duab lossis tsis yog," Lofton hais, uas nws tus kheej nyiam kos duab txij li kev kos duab mus rau kev pleev xim rau kev kho kom pom tseeb.

Thaum lub sijhawm kawm kos duab tsis ntev los no nrog cov tub ntxhais kawm qib 7 thiab 8, Lofton tau coj cov tub ntxhais kawm thaum lawv npaj kos duab rau kev sib tw kos duab Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., uas tau ua kev zoo siab txhua xyoo thaum Lub Ib Hlis ntawm Marcus Performing Arts Center. Xyoo no, lub ntsiab lus yog "Koj Ua Dab Tsi Rau Lwm Tus?"

Nws hais rau cov tub ntxhais kawm tias: Xav txog lub ntsiab lus abstract hais txog yam koj tau kawm txog Dr. King thiab nws cov lus, lossis nws cuam tshuam li cas rau koj lub neej, thiab yuav ua li cas qhia qhov ntawd. Xav txog cov duab tseem ceeb uas koj tuaj yeem siv, nws hais, thiab nco ntsoov yam koj tau kawm txog kev kos duab - xim, kab, duab, qhov sib piv, keeb kwm yav dhau, ntxoov ntxoo, kev sib koom siab, tus nqi, thiab ntau ntxiv.

"Nej muab nej lub tswv yim tso rau hauv. Nej xav hais li cas?" nws hais kom lawv hais ua ntej, ua ntej mus rau txhua tus tub ntxhais kawm ib leeg tham txog daim ntawv tshaj tawm.

"Kuv muaj ntau tus menyuam uas nyiam kos duab heev. Qhov lawv nyiam yog ntau yam," Lofton hais. Cov tub ntxhais kawm qhia nws cov duab kos zoo nkauj los ntawm lawv cov phau ntawv kos duab, thiab "lawv zoo siab heev," nws hais. Lofton tau pom cov tub ntxhais kawm uas muaj teeb meem hauv tsev kawm ntawv nrhiav tau lawv qhov chaw tshwj xeeb hauv kev kos duab thiab ua tau zoo nyob ntawd.

Lofton tau txais nws qhov khoom plig Outstanding Educators Award los ntawm MOWA thaum Lub Yim Hli, mus koom kev lom zem hauv tsev khaws puav pheej nrog tus thawj coj Marko Radmanović.

"Muaj nyiaj ntau heev tau tsa rau yav tsaus ntuj ntawd rau lub hom phiaj ntawm kev txhim kho cov kev kawm kos duab, thiab nws yog qhov zoo siab uas tau nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm ntau tus neeg txhawb nqa," Lofton hais.

"Kuv xav tias kuv muaj kev xav zoo ib yam li kev ua haujlwm nrog ntau tus tswv cuab hauv zej zog / cov koom haum. Piv txwv li, thaum Arts @ Large" - tsuas yog tsib lub blocks ntawm Vieau - "caw peb cov menyuam taug kev mus ncig ua si, lossis Rockwell pab nyiaj rau cov neeg hlau tshiab rau peb, lossis MSOE thiab UWM xa cov kws qhia thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv rau peb," nws hais ntxiv.

Ib tug khub koom tes hauv zej zog, Rockwell Automation, tau pab txhawb rau qhov chaw ua khoom tshiab uas tab tom tsim kho ntawm Vieau thiab yuav qhib rau lub caij ntuj no. Ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm cov nyiaj tau los ntawm tsoomfwv cov nyiaj pab rau kev sib kis thoob ntiaj teb. Nyob rau ntawm qib qis dua ntawm lub tsev, qhov chaw ua khoom muaj lub teeb pom kev zoo thiab chav txaus rau pab pawg neeg hlau. Tam sim no, cov tub ntxhais kawm siv txoj kev hauv tsev rau cov neeg hlau.

Qhov chaw tshiab no kuj yuav muab Lofton lub hauv paus rau cov chav kawm kos duab. Nws tau qhia "kos duab ntawm lub laub" rau tag nrho nws 11 xyoo ntawm Vieau, dov cov khoom siv nrog nws los ntawm chav mus rau chav hauv lub tsev plaub plag tsev. Vim tias lub tsev tsis muaj lub tshuab nqa, Lofton muaj lub laub nyob rau txhua pem teb. Nws muaj ob lub laub thaum xav tau cov khoom siv ntxiv, xws li av nplaum rau kev kos duab. Cov tub ntxhais kawm tuaj yeem pab lawv tus kheej rau yam lawv xav tau rau chav kawm los ntawm lub laub tseem ceeb: xim tempera los ntawm lub txee nruab nrab, piv txwv li, lossis cov xaum xim los ntawm lub txee qis dua.

Lofton tos ntsoov yuav nyob hauv qhov chaw tshiab, ntau dua rau cov tub ntxhais kawm dua li rau nws tus kheej - "tsuas yog kom muaj ntau yam rau cov menyuam xaiv," nws hais.

Lofton sim ua kom cov chav kawm kos duab lom zem rau nws cov tub ntxhais kawm ib yam li lawv lom zem rau nws thaum nws loj hlob.

Nws hloov cov kev kawm. Dhau li ntawm kev kos duab, cov tub ntxhais kawm yuav sim ua kos duab thiab ua tes ua taw, tsim vaj tsev thiab ua duab puab, pleev xim thiab ua duab collage. "Kuv sim muab ntau txoj kev xaiv rau lawv li kuv ua tau," nws hais.

Raws li lub tsev khaws puav pheej, nws qhov kev raug xaiv tsa rau MOWA Educators Award - los ntawm tus thawj coj ntawm University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee cov kev kawm kos duab - tau hais txog qhov zoo ntawm Lofton txoj kev cob qhia, kev coj noj coj ua, thiab kev qhia ntawv. Ib pawg neeg ua haujlwm hauv tsev khaws puav pheej thiab cov tswv cuab ntawm pawg thawj coj tau tshuaj xyuas txhua qhov kev xaiv tsa.

"Lofton zoo siab tos txais cov tub ntxhais kawm cov xib fwb txhua lub semester thiab nws muab lub cib fim los txhim kho cov kws qhia ntawv yav tom ntej thiab kawm ntawm lawv ib zaug. Nws txoj kev mob siab rau kev muab ib qho chaw kawm uas ncaj ncees, zoo, thiab txhawb nqa - rau nws cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab nws cov neeg tau txais kev cob qhia - ua piv txwv txog nws txoj kev mob siab thiab ua rau nws yog ib tug piv txwv zoo ntawm tus kws qhia kos duab Wisconsin zoo heev," lub tsev khaws puav pheej tau sau hauv lawv phau ntawv keeb kwm txog nws.

"Kuv txais tos cov tswv yim tshiab thiab cov lus taw qhia. Kuv xav tias nws ua rau kuv muaj zog dua," Lofton hais. Nws cov tub ntxhais kawm kuj tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev sib raug zoo nrog lwm tus neeg laus, nws hais.

Thiab, tau kawg, qhov kev paub no pab tau cov tub ntxhais kawm xib fwb. "Nws zoo siab heev uas pom qhov kev hloov pauv ntawm qhov tsis muaj kev ntxhov siab mus rau qhov kuv ua tau qhov no," Lofton hais. "Lawv xav tias muaj hwj chim los qhia txhua qhov chaw uas lawv tuaj yeem tso rau."