{"id":90150,"date":"2020-01-30T13:14:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T18:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=90150"},"modified":"2020-01-30T13:48:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T18:48:30","slug":"teacher-of-the-year-its-about-touching-their-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/30\/teacher-of-the-year-its-about-touching-their-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"National Teacher of the Year: \u2018It\u2019s About Touching Their Hearts\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Children need to feel safe, understood and loved in order to find success in the classroom. That\u2019s the message 2019 National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson delivered last night in UMW\u2019s Dodd Auditorium.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90157\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"90157\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/30\/teacher-of-the-year-its-about-touching-their-hearts\/rodneyrobinson034\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson034-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1706\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1580344554&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;198&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rodneyrobinson034\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson spoke about his quest to bring equity to the classroom last night at UMW&amp;#8217;s Dodd Auditorium. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson034-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson034-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-90157 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson034-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson spoke about his quest to bring equity to the classroom last night at UMW's Dodd Auditorium. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson034-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson034-1024x682.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson034-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson034-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson034-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson034-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson034-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson034-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson spoke of his quest to bring equity to the classroom last night at UMW&#8217;s Dodd Auditorium. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about relationships,\u201d said Robinson, who teaches history at the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center\u2019s Virgie Binford Education Center. \u201cIt\u2019s about touching their hearts and making them want to change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He had one word for teaching, especially in the prison system: tough. Robinson believes teachers must meet students\u2019 basic, social and emotional needs before tackling academics. He urged educators \u2013 many of whom were in the audience of about 350 \u2013 to get to know their students, empathize with them and create culturally responsive curricula that take into account the students\u2019 interests and experiences as human beings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day, everything I do is viewed through a lens of equity,\u201d Robinson said. \u201cI believe that all students can learn and it\u2019s everybody\u2019s job to help teach the children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He shared with the crowd photos of those who inspired him, including his mother, an educator in her own right, who ran an at-home daycare, and two teachers who encouraged him throughout school and steered him to college. He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree from Virginia State University and a master\u2019s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson flashed onto the screen behind him photos of poignant moments in his career, including meetings with Gayle King during his appearance on <em>CBS This Morning<\/em>, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, and the most meaningful of all, civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/30\\\/teacher-of-the-year-its-about-touching-their-hearts\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 490px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"490\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 734px; height: 490px;\" data-original-width=\"734\" data-original-height=\"490\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/30\/teacher-of-the-year-its-about-touching-their-hearts\/rodneyrobinson017\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"730\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"486\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"90155\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson017-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1706\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1580343283&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rodneyrobinson017\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson017-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson017-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson017-scaled.jpg?w=730&#038;h=486&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson017-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson017-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson017-1024x682.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson017-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson017-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson017-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson017-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson017-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson017-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"730\" height=\"486\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"730\" data-original-height=\"486\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"rodneyrobinson017\" alt=\"As Teacher of the Year, Robinson recounted recent highlights of his career, including the one he said has been most significant, meeting civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 730px; height: 486px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> As Teacher of the Year, Robinson recounted recent highlights of his career, including the one he said has been most significant, meeting civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 366px; height: 490px;\" data-original-width=\"366\" data-original-height=\"490\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/30\/teacher-of-the-year-its-about-touching-their-hearts\/rodneyrobinson001\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"241\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"90151\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson001-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1706\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1580342642&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;198&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rodneyrobinson001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson001-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson001-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson001-scaled.jpg?w=362&#038;h=241&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson001-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson001-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson001-1024x682.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson001-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson001-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson001-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson001-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson001-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"241\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"rodneyrobinson001\" alt=\"Around 200 people came to UMW&#039;s Dodd Auditorium for a presentation by 2019 National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 241px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Around 200 people came to UMW&#8217;s Dodd Auditorium for a presentation by 2019 National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/30\/teacher-of-the-year-its-about-touching-their-hearts\/rodneyrobinson037\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"241\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"90159\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson037-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1706\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1580344971&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;198&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rodneyrobinson037\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson037-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson037-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson037-scaled.jpg?w=362&#038;h=241&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson037-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson037-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson037-1024x682.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson037-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson037-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson037-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson037-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson037-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson037-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"241\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"rodneyrobinson037\" alt=\"Educators and community members were among those who attended last night&#039;s presentation by 2019 National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 241px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Educators and community members were among those who attended last night&#8217;s presentation by 2019 National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 246px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"246\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 365px; height: 246px;\" data-original-width=\"365\" data-original-height=\"246\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/30\/teacher-of-the-year-its-about-touching-their-hearts\/rodneyrobinson021\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"361\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"242\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"90156\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson021-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1719\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1580343491&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;127&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rodneyrobinson021\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson021-300x201.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson021-1024x687.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson021-scaled.jpg?w=361&#038;h=242&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson021-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson021-300x201.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson021-1024x687.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson021-768x515.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson021-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson021-2048x1375.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson021-1140x765.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson021-600x403.jpg 600w\" width=\"361\" height=\"242\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"361\" data-original-height=\"242\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"rodneyrobinson021\" alt=\"During his presentation, Robinson shared professional and personal photos, including this one of his mother, who he calls his &quot;inspiration.&quot; Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 361px; height: 242px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> During his presentation, Robinson shared professional and personal photos, including this one of his mother, whom he calls his &#8220;inspiration.&#8221; Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 368px; height: 246px;\" data-original-width=\"368\" data-original-height=\"246\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/30\/teacher-of-the-year-its-about-touching-their-hearts\/rodneyrobinson003\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"364\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"242\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"90152\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson003-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1706\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1580342732&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;198&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rodneyrobinson003\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson003-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson003-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson003-scaled.jpg?w=364&#038;h=242&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson003-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson003-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson003-1024x682.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson003-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson003-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson003-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson003-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson003-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"364\" height=\"242\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"364\" data-original-height=\"242\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"rodneyrobinson003\" alt=\"UMW alum and secretary-treasurer of the National Education Association Princess R. Moss &#039;83 helped introduce Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 364px; height: 242px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW alum and secretary-treasurer of the National Education Association Princess R. Moss &#8217;83 helped introduce Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 367px; height: 246px;\" data-original-width=\"367\" data-original-height=\"246\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/30\/teacher-of-the-year-its-about-touching-their-hearts\/rodneyrobinson039\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"363\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"242\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"90160\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson039-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1706\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1580345149&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;122&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rodneyrobinson039\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson039-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson039-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson039-scaled.jpg?w=363&#038;h=242&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson039-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson039-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson039-1024x682.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson039-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson039-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson039-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson039-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson039-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson039-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"363\" height=\"242\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"363\" data-original-height=\"242\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"rodneyrobinson039\" alt=\"To give students the boost they need in the classroom, Robinson said, it&#039;s important to instill them with a sense of self-esteem. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 363px; height: 242px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> To give students the boost they need in the classroom, Robinson said, it&#8217;s important to instill them with a sense of self-esteem. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 508px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"508\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 760px; height: 508px;\" data-original-width=\"760\" data-original-height=\"508\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/30\/teacher-of-the-year-its-about-touching-their-hearts\/rodneyrobinson036\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"756\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"504\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"90158\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson036-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1706\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1580344961&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;182&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rodneyrobinson036\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson036-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson036-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson036-scaled.jpg?w=756&#038;h=504&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson036-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson036-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson036-1024x682.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson036-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson036-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson036-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson036-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson036-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson036-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"756\" height=\"504\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"756\" data-original-height=\"504\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"rodneyrobinson036\" alt=\"Robinson captivated a crowd last night at UMW&#039;s Dodd Auditorium as he shared his philosophies for success in the classroom. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 756px; height: 504px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Robinson captivated a crowd last night at UMW&#8217;s Dodd Auditorium as he shared his philosophies for success in the classroom. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 340px; height: 508px;\" data-original-width=\"340\" data-original-height=\"508\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/30\/teacher-of-the-year-its-about-touching-their-hearts\/rodneyrobinson042\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"336\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"504\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"90161\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson042-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1706,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1580345338&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;198&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rodneyrobinson042\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Among those who attended last night&amp;#8217;s presentation were Mary Washington President Troy Paino and wife Kelly (pictured); members of UMW&amp;#8217;s Board of Visitors; students, faculty and staff; and educators from across the Fredericksburg region. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson042-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson042-682x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson042-scaled.jpg?w=336&#038;h=504&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson042-scaled.jpg 1706w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson042-200x300.jpg 200w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson042-682x1024.jpg 682w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson042-768x1152.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson042-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson042-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson042-760x1140.jpg 760w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/01\/rodneyrobinson042-400x600.jpg 400w\" width=\"336\" height=\"504\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"336\" data-original-height=\"504\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"rodneyrobinson042\" alt=\"Among those who attended last night&#039;s presentation were Mary Washington President Troy Paino and wife Kelly (pictured); members of UMW&#039;s Board of Visitors; students, faculty and staff; and educators from across the Fredericksburg region. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.\" style=\"width: 336px; height: 504px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Among those who attended last night&#8217;s presentation were Mary Washington President Troy Paino and wife Kelly (pictured); members of UMW&#8217;s Board of Visitors; students, faculty and staff; and educators from across the Fredericksburg region. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Like Rep. Lewis, all of today\u2019s students should be \u201ccivically minded, socially conscious change agents,\u201d said Robinson, who told of the successes of young people who have come through his own classroom and worked hard to pull themselves out of poverty.<\/p>\n<p>His daily activities in a Richmond classroom make it clear that the school-to-prison pipeline remains an issue that must be addressed. \u201cI know it\u2019s real because I experience it. I live it every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s educators, Robinson said, are in a unique position to be able to help accelerate change: \u201cNothing is more important than what a student feels, hears and sees in your classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children need to feel safe, understood and loved in order to find success in the classroom. 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