For Hannah Beck, there’s no such thing as too many students.  

作为奥罗拉公立学校的艺术老师和干预专家，贝克每周要和大约500名学生一起工作。  

Rather than being overwhelmed by the number, she says it’s one of the best parts of the role. 

“I think that’s what drew me to the job; there’s so much diversity in it, and I see so many kids in one week,” Beck, who started her career as a fourth-grade teacher at Grand Island Public Schools, explained. “I see almost the whole building, compared to when I taught in the classroom, when I would just see 20 or 25. I liked getting to make that connection with lots of kids.” 

The diversity among the students is what led Beck to pursue the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s online Master of Arts in 教育 Special 教育 degree.  

While other schools had master’s programs with “some” behavior courses, Beck really wanted to focus in that area. 太阳城娱乐官网’s Advanced Practitioner - Behavior Intervention Specialist (BIS) emphasis ended up being a great fit. 

“I see 500 kids regardless of their IEP; no one is pulled out from my class,” Beck said. “This (educational program) was a valuable tool to reach those students and provide as much support as I can.” 

贝克将于2022年春季毕业，但她说，在过去的一学年里，她所学到的东西已经在课堂上发挥了作用。  

其中一个变化涉及更多地关注积极强化。 Rather than repetitively say, “Don’t do this” or “Don’t do that,” Beck developed creative ways to motivate students and hold them accountable for doing the right thing.  

例如，她现在向所有学生强调三个基本原则： 

1. 努力做到最好，做正确的事

2. 尊重彼此和财产

3. 相信自己的艺术能力 

The three principles together spell out, “Art.” 

Each grade has its own bucket, and when Beck sees the students following these instructions, a block is placed in that grade’s bucket. 一旦他们的桶装满了，班级就会得到奖励，比如选择要做什么样的艺术项目。 

Beck also encourages individual students to go above and beyond by awarding them with a “lottery ticket,” which they can use to get individual prizes.  

“The way I run my classroom is vastly different based on what I’ve learned,” Beck said.  

She specifically praised Dr. Alice Cahill’s courses, saying Cahill went “above and beyond” to apply what students were reading in their textbooks to the real classroom. 这些反思使得贝克很容易在她的教学中创造出切实的差异。  

虽然贝克继续领导课外活动，如啦啦队、独角戏队和中学戏剧，但她说，在线形式与她繁忙的工作安排配合得很好。 她通常在秋季和春季学期修3个学分，然后在夏季修9个学分，这使她在三年内完成了这个项目。  

Even an hour away, Beck still felt connected to the 太阳城娱乐官网 campus, like she did when she got her undergraduate degree in 2016: “太阳城娱乐官网 does a really good job with making sure that even though you’re online, you're still a part of the Loper family.”