Milken Educator Award announcement

Michael R. Anderson (NH ’04)

Teacher

Mary C. Dondero Elementary School
Portsmouth, NH

At the time of the Award, Michael R. Anderson was:

Teacher
Mary C. Dondero Elementary School
Portsmouth, NH
Subject(s) taught: General Elementary
Grade(s): 5

Biographical Information

Mike Anderson is currently working as a Responsive Classroom Program Developer for Northeast Foundation for Children, a non-profit organization that supports teachers across the United States. He is the author of five books about teaching and learning: The Well-Balanced Teacher (ASCD, 2010), three books in the What Every Teacher Needs to Know series (NEFC, 2010-2011), and The Research-Ready Classroom (Heinemann, 2006). As a classroom teacher, Mike helped blend academic, social, and emotional learning for his students, creating classrooms where children loved to learn and where they learned to work together effectively.

Personal Message

In the work in which I’m currently engaged, I’m looking for examples of teachers who blend academic and social/emotional work with students. How do you create learning environments that are both academically rigorous as well as joyful and engaging? How do you create classrooms where diversity of talents and interests is a strength rather than a liability? How are you creating learning environments that resemble the environments of highly-skilled workplaces? I would also love to hear stories about how you, as successful and passionate educators, maintain your energy and fire for teaching. I have started a Facebook page to help teachers connect around the issue of staying healthy and balanced in the profession. Please join the discussion at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Well-Balanced-Teacher/124061467611884.

  • Mike Anderson has been an educator for more than 25 years. A public school teacher for 15 years, he has also taught preschool, coached swim teams, and taught university graduate level classes. He now works as a consultant providing professional learning for teachers throughout the US and beyond. In 2004, Mike was awarded a national Milken Educator Award, and in 2005 he was a finalist for NH Teacher of the Year. In 2020, he was awarded the Outstanding Educational Leader Award by NHASCD for his work as a consultant. A best-selling author, Mike has written nine books about great teaching and learning. His latest book is Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems. When not working, Mike can be found hanging with his family, tending his perennial gardens, and searching for new running routes around his home in Durham, NH.

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Mike Anderson
Mike Anderson has been an educator for more than 25 years. A public school teacher for 15 years, he has also taught preschool, coached swim teams, and taught university graduate level classes. He now works as a consultant providing professional learning for teachers throughout the US and beyond. In 2004, Mike was awarded a national Milken Educator Award, and in 2005 he was a finalist for NH Teacher of the Year. In 2020, he was awarded the Outstanding Educational Leader Award by NHASCD for his work as a consultant. A best-selling author, Mike has written nine books about great teaching and learning. His latest book is Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems. When not working, Mike can be found hanging with his family, tending his perennial gardens, and searching for new running routes around his home in Durham, NH.

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