DAN HUPP
SCHOOL: GREAT SALT BAY COMMUNITY SCHOOLGRADE LEVEL: 5SUBJECT: MATH AND SCIENCESCHOOL DISTRICT: GREAT SALT BAY CSDPRINCIPAL: KIMBERLY SCHAFFSUPERINTENDENT: JIM HODGKIN
Nominated by: Darcy Grindal, Colleague
From right to left in photo:
Sen. Dana Dow, Anthony Lufkin, Daniel Hupp, Joseph Hennessey, Sen. Paul Davis
Dan Hupp is extraordinary because he goes above and beyond to make his students feel cared for and safe inside the classroom. He encourages students to take a chance when answering questions in class promoting that his classroom is a safe place and even when wrong answers are given he praises them for taking a chance and encourages them to call on other classmates for help. Instead of sending a child to the office for having a tough time in the classroom, he sits with the child and tries to get to the root of the behavior. There are a lot of students in his classroom who can test the boundaries but Dan finds a way to explain the consequences to the student. Dan impresses me with his patients daily.
Info source: http://www.mainetoy.org/teachers/county/2018
Photo source: https://mesenategop.com/2018/05/14/sen-davis-recognizes-piscataquis-county-teacher-of-the-year/