Hilah Barbot

Hilah Barbot (Col ’09 CM) has received a 2015 Innovation in Teaching award from Symantec and Teach for America for College Writing Buddies, a program she founded with fellow teacher Adam Kohler. The program pairs middle-school students with Tulane University freshmen who digitally tutor and offer thorough, detailed feedback on the younger students’ writing projects. Ms. Barbot is a science teacher at KIPP Central City Academy in New Orleans.

Hilah Barbot (Col ’09 CM) is one of eight recipients of the 2014 Teach for America Excellence in Teaching Award. A sixth-grade science teacher at KIPP Central City Academy in New Orleans, she orchestrates a science fair each year where students write and conduct their own experiments in front of a panel of judges. Ms. Barbot is also a blended learning director, content leader and writes all science benchmarks for the KIPP schools in New Orleans.