Tools for Teachers - Shayla Jackson October 2021

This month we’re recognizing a local teacher who goes above and beyond for her students. Shayla Jackson, a teacher at Little Learners in O’Fallon, Missouri, is this month’s Tools for Teachers winner presented by Weber Chevrolet.
Skype Interview Guest:
Shayla Jackson, a teacher at Little Learners in O’Fallon, Missouri
Ms. Jackson was nominated by Marsha Timme.
Marsha’s nomination of Ms. Jackson states:
Shayla pours her heart and soul into these kids and this center. She started running this school several months back. As she walked in, she noticed that these kids needed more. She spent her off time inside the building painting and organizing better play and learning areas for the children. When she is at home, she is building lesson plans and working on art projects for the kids so they can decorate their rooms. She is doing all of this while she is raising two boys of her own (2 & 7), one of which has his own health concerns. In addition to all that she is doing for her little ones at the school, she is also going to school and finished on the dean's list. She is currently spending all of her time looking for ways to raise money for the kids to have a better playground. In her own words "they don't even have any swings." She is the one teacher that goes out of her way every single day to ensure these children have everything they need to start their young educational lives on the right foot! She truly goes without so that the kids can have a better education. She is my daughter, and I do believe that if she won this - she would go out and get those swings for the kids. She truly loves each and every one of them.