The EOC is there because a lot of kids hear those letters and their anxiety rises, he explained. When students repeat for 175 days that the test is easy, by the time it rolls around, he believes it helps alleviate their anxiety.<\/p>\n
He also modified the viral \u201csix\/seven\u201d hand motion among the teens, which doesn\u2019t have any real meaning, to \u201cfour\/three,\u201d where students place their hand over their heart showing four fingers, then three, signifying the letters in \u201clove you\u201d to address bullying. Rabelo believes that the usage of simple, repetitive messages helps instill positive thinking in his students.<\/p>\n
During his time at FIU, he credits the personal attention and supportive teachers to his approach to education.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy teachers were very supportive. I was already a dad, I went from class to my job, to my second job. It was challenging; I learned to harness a lot of my skills regarding time management and executive function,\u201d Rabelo said.<\/p>\n
Rabelo\u2019s classroom management is built around movement, using kinesthetic learning to keep students active and engaged. His approach is so effective that students often arrive to class early, giving him extra teaching time. Often when he finds a few extra minutes in class, he excites the kids by asking, \u201cWho wants to learn about money?\u201d During these moments, he leans into teaching them practical life lessons focusing on financial literacy, delayed gratification, and compound interest.<\/p>\n
Every morning around 4:30 a.m. he messages parents to inform them of what their child will be learning that day, encouraging them to continue the conversations at home.<\/p>\n
Rabelo doesn\u2019t only leave his imprint on his students but his community as well, working on initiatives including Blankets for the Homeless and Step Up. His Teacher of the Year recognition is validation of his lifetime commitment to education and service.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything starts with faith,\u201d he said. \u201cI pray He gives me the thoughts, ideas and words to inspire them. I\u2019d like the students to remember what the experience in my class made them feel \u2014 to feel limitless, to believe in best outcomes, and to know if they\u2019re willing to do what others won\u2019t, the world is theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n
He plans to use his platform to focus on social, emotional, and mental health in teaching, which he would like to incorporate in universities, while also advocating for teachers. Additionally, he would like to dedicate three years to \u201crewiring\u201d elementary students to incorporate positive thinking using manifestations, so when they enter middle school, they understand that changing their perception, is how they change their reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The EOC is there because a lot of kids hear those letters and their anxiety rises, he explained.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-185903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}