She’s unassuming and a little stunned to receive Kent County’s top teaching honor, but a few minutes listening to Liza Goetz will have you wanting to go back to school again. Or feel very lucky that your children are in one of her classes.
Goetz, an agriculture and science teacher at Kent County High School, was awarded the “Teacher of the Year” honor by Superintendent Karen Couch in March and has continued to attract students to her dynamic “classrooms without walls” approach to learning.
“The world of agriculture and science has changed. It’s not the old image of cows, fields and tractors, it’s about precision technology and complexity,” she says.
Here, Goetz talks about an ongoing project at Kent County High School, working in tandem with many players including the DNR, the Chester River Association and County Commissioners. What started as an afternoon of looking for examples of erosion in the school’s immediate area—and finding one—ended up with a $50,000 grant and thousands of planted trees and an evolving ecosystem of plants and animals, all combating erosion.
The Spy is in awe of her enthusiasm and expertise and looks forward to more reports of her accomplishments.
We all win from having students this engaged with their studies.
This video interview is approximately eight minutes long.
William Short says
What a gem Kent County found when Liza joined the teaching staff at KCHS ,she was great in the interview process but has been even more awesome watching her in action with her students. The students love her and it shows in all they do for her and all she does for them, the county is a better place because of her.
Thanks for being part of Kent County,
Commissioner Bill Short