About me
Mickey Smith Jr. is a Grammy Music Educator Award winner, 8-time Teacher of the Year, and full-time educator who helps staff reconnect with the purpose behind their profession. When he is not working in his classroom as a full-time teacher at a K–12 preparatory school, he spends time delivering his unique combination of message and music with thousands of students and a teacher, all-state conductor, and clinician. Additionally, he also travels across the country to hundreds of educational conferences, school district meetings, and leadership development stages to share his “Keep On Going” approach. Mickey seeks to empower educators to build genuine relationships with students in order to discover the unique sound of every child in their class. Throughout Mickey’s career, he has experienced firsthand that every child is just one sound adult away from achieving success. He believes that modern day teaching is a relationship-based approach, and that more than ever, teaching cannot simply be about subject matter, but also about showing students that they matter.
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