About: Amy Konen

Amy Konen is a Nationally Board Certified elementary teacher. As a 23-year veteran teacher in public schools, Amy has taught grades 1-5, literacy, and most recently, worked as a behavior support specialist and coach. She will return to the fifth grade classroom in 2017. She also continues her mentoring work for future National Board certification candidates throughout the state of Montana. Amy earned her Master’s degree in reading and literacy and in 2000, was the recipient of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) for her work in elementary math. In 2014, BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) selected Amy as the Teacher of the Year for Great Falls, Montana. She started the first and only Sensory Room in Great Falls Public Schools to provide behavior and socio-emotional support for all students in her elementary school. Amy believes in the power of relationships to inspire students to grow, learn, have courage, and be kind.

Recent Posts by Amy Konen

Help, I’m Stuck, Now What? 10 Ways Teachers Can Re-Gain Control

There you are in your classroom, following your guidelines you have explicitly taught to kids since the first day of school and, inevitably, you have a student intent on pushing those guidelines and, as a result, has gotten himself into trouble and assigned consequences.  The pattern emerging here, however, is that this same student is…
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5 Ways to Stay Calm in a Power Struggle

We have all been there.  You are teaching a powerful lesson, kids are participating, objectives are being met, and then you ask a student to answer a question, perform a task, or help with a job and you are met with silence. You feel it—that slow burn in the pit of your stomach.  You decide…
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