Miyamura High School
Gallup, NM
Mr. Dela Cruz is a fantastic teacher. He is always prepared with the assignment of the day that is aligned with the objective standard and essential questions. He also creates a positive relationship with all students and takes in students that struggle in classes with other teachers in our school. His processes in his class allows for student involvement understanding and building confidence in the class by participating in class processes. Mr. Dela Cruz engages students on a daily basis with classroom conversations and challenging activities. He does an outstanding job in having students work in group encouraging positive interactions between the students and bringing in technology that has a great impact on student learning and ties this technology into his daily lessons and labs. Mr. Dela Cruz is one of the teacher-leaders in his school heavily involved in data analysis days and is one of our grade level team leaders and coaches. He has developed a system that collects student data and outlines a plan for the re-teaching of standards. I am very proud of Mr. Dela Cruz and the way he is able to capture the spirit of our students within his class.