Teacher Appreciation: Omotola Oluwole, Autism Spectrum Disorder Teacher at Oak Park Schools

Southfield (CW50) - We have an episode full of surprises this week on Community Connect, as we shock educators from around Metro Detroit with testimonial videos about their character and how they go above and beyond the walls of the classroom directly from their students and colleagues.

This is the first time we've ever attempted a stunt like this on our show, and everyone in the Community Connect studio was enjoying the show as the videos rolled to the surprise of our honored guests.

Each educator was told previously that we were planning to have them talk about the challenges they faced educating their students virtually and through the pandemic. But after discussing this topic for a few minutes, we revealed our true reason for having them on the show, as we pulled up videos of their students and colleague giving them thanks and speaking about the amazing things they do as a teacher and a colleague.

Omotola Oluwole, is an Autism Spectrum Teacher at Oak Park Schools' Pepper Elementary, we surprised her with videos of one of her colleagues and the principal of her school, who both expressed the lengths that Oluwole has gone to find success in her students educational lives, and how important the work she does is, especially in the area of education she teaches.

Three down, one to go!

Did you recognize Omotola Oluwole? Let us know if she's been a teacher in your child's life and the kind of impact she's had on them in the comments or on our social media pages!

Watch the surprise for yourself on Community Connect! Saturday at 7am on CW50