Jayme Vinson is one of Hernando Highschool’s finest health teachers because she strives to motivate and help each kid throughout their daily lives. Here is her routine in doing so.
For our health teacher Vinson, every school days starts with the same routine of grading papers, catching up, and reviewing lesson plans. Morning coffee with the other teachers, she claims, is how she “survives her day.” It motivates her to be positive.
After that, things get less predictable. For Vinson, teaching health isn’t just about food charts and exercise tips. Vinson’s lessons dive into real life topics like mental health, relationships, and making smart choices. Her goal is to keep the class useful and fun.
“I just want students to enjoy my class,” she said, “especially freshman, I want them to know they can be unapologetically themselves and use my lessons throughout all four years of high school.”
Vinson uses questions of the day to allow each student to have a open opportunity to voice their own opinions about simple topics each day. She claims this allows her to read each student and get to know them individually.
This does mean her classroom can get a little wild, but Vinson has learned to embrace the chaos. She stated her students, “keep me on my toes , but give me the best stories and memories I have.”
One of Vinsons favorite memories is a student that climbed on her desk and started dancing in boots. “It was like a music video happening right infront of me and I had no idea if i should laugh or send them to the office.” she said.
Despite all the funny moments in the classroom, the best part of her job comes later, when all her former students return just to say hello. “When they leave and come back to see me and share updates I know I put a positive impact on my students, Its like watching them grow up and each show their unique personality.”
At the end of the day Vinson wants her students to walk away with lessons they can use outside of school.
“If I can make health something they relate to, something that matters to them, then I’ve done my job” And if the job gets too hectic, she knows she has the next day to make it better.
