Kimberly Pragman

Republic Tigers 🧡Educator

[Tyler Overstreet @DrOverstreet_]

Behind the Stripes Episode 1 with @mpearce62 https://t.co/khrq05zULO

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Teaching is an art, and the beauty of it is that no two artists create the same way.
One teacher’s strength is turning content into stories students never forget.
One’s strength is bringing peace to the kid who walks in carrying the world.
One’s strength is using humor to reach the student no one else can reach.
One’s strength is creating routines that give anxious kids a place to breathe.
One’s strength is sparking curiosity in students who thought they didn’t care.
One’s strength is seeing potential in every child long before they see it themselves.
Put them in the same classroom with the same standards and you will still see something completely different. That is the point. Kids do not need identical teachers. They need teachers who bring their own strength to the room.
This is why standardized evaluations miss the mark.
You cannot measure an art with a checklist.
You cannot score the very thing that makes a teacher great.
There is no magic formula for teaching.
There is only the magic each teacher carries into the room.
That is what kids remember.
That is what changes lives.
That is what cannot be replaced by scripts, programs, algorithms, or anything designed to make everyone look the same.
Teaching works because teachers bring their humanity.
And humanity has never been standard.

[Kimberly Pragman @KimPragman]

40+ years of friendship❤️

[Kimberly Pragman @KimPragman]

Full circle moment❤️ Madi reading to my 3rd graders today & me reading to her 3rd graders this year. She is a third generation teacher! So proud😀

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Education is relationship centered.

[Kimberly Pragman @KimPragman]

Early morning flight to celebrate my girl on homecoming court 😍 @UCumberlands @mad_mitch14

[Kimberly Pragman @KimPragman]

Beautiful weather for some baseball ⚾️

[Kimberly Pragman @KimPragman]

Leaving a piece of my heart in KY❤️ Great summer with the Core 4.

[Matthew Pearce @mpearce62]

First meeting of @RepublicSchools Cohort of teachers working toward advanced degree through Evangel. Thank you @DrOverstreet_ for leading the charge! #repmoproud

[Kimberly Pragman @KimPragman]

Such an honor! Love RepMo & all they do for teachers! 🧡🧡🧡 https://t.co/q74qsK7Xjl

[Kimberly Pragman @KimPragman]

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[Kimberly Pragman @KimPragman]

Proud of Madi for another awesome semester! 4.0❤️

[University of the Cumberlands @UCumberlands]

Cumberlands announces President’s List for Fall ’23 semester.
https://t.co/9pL41kA3EZ
#ucumberlands #PresidentsList

[Kimberly Pragman @KimPragman]

The rain didn’t stop us from cheering on the Tigers to STATE🏈🧡
#RepMoProud

[Kimberly Pragman @KimPragman]

Kicked off year 22 yesterday! It was a great first day at McCulloch♥️ #RepMoProud

[Kimberly Pragman @KimPragman]

Applying our CHAMPS training to prepare for the new school year!
#RepMOProud #NTISuccess

[Trey Allen @TreyRAllen]

Our @RepublicSchools McCulloch new teachers are ready for a great day at New Teacher Induction #McCullochElementary #RepMOProud #NTISuccess

[Kimberly Pragman @KimPragman]

Turks & Caicos🌴 Last bit of fun before sending kids off to college. The most beautiful place!

[Kimberly Pragman @KimPragman]

@RowdyTribe Tell Ayden Happy Birthday!!! 🎉

[Kimberly Pragman @KimPragman]

Nashville did not disappoint🔥

[Kimberly Pragman @KimPragman]

This track…waking up at 4:15, hundreds of days, & thousands of miles. This place holds a piece of my heart. It provided a place to push me to work harder, pray a lot during all those miles, and helped me shed 70 lbs. Today was my last lap here.