Tonya Russell, a kindergarten through fifth-grade teacher at Ross Prairie Elementary School, has been selected as the Ocala Star-Banner/Florida Credit Union Amazing Teacher of the Month.
Russell’s ASD modified curriculum class is made up of 13 kindergarten through fifth-grade students with exceptional educational needs.
“The class includes students who are developmentally delayed, intellectually disabled, and on the autism spectrum. Many of the students are also part of the English Language Learners (ELL) program and some are nonverbal as well as being ELL,” Russell explained in an email following an in-school interview…