IT WAS UNEXPECTED AND
HEARTBREAKING MOMENT THAT
CHANGED THE LIVES OF THE WAKE
COUNTY TEACHER
WHILE IT CHANGED HER IT ALSO
CHANGED THE LIVES OF WHAT ARE
NOW THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS.
RUSS BOWEN SHOWS US HOW
ELIZABETH THAT WILLIAMS IS
GOING BE ON THE CLASSROOM.
Reporter: WHEN THE OFFICIAL
WORKDAY COULD BE OVER IN THE
LAST CHILD GOES HOME, ELIZABETH
NICK WILLIAMS IS RARELY READY
TO CALL IT A DAY.
THIS LADY DRIVING THE BUS --
WE'RE HEADED TO VISIT ONE OF
OUR STUDENTS IS ALSO DRIVING
SOMETHING FAR GREATER.
FAR MORE IMPACTFUL.
IT FEELS GOOD TO KNOW SHE
CARES ENOUGH AND IS OUT THERE
DOING THIS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN CHILDREN'S LIVES AND NOT
JUST MY
THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL
ABOUT GOING INTO SOMEBODY'S HOME
AND SITTING ON THEIR COUCH AND
LEARNING ABOUT THEM AND SEEING
THE PICTURES ON THEIR WALLS AND
SEEING THE DIFFERENCE --
DIFFERENT ITEMS IN THEIR HOME
THINGS IT REPRESENTS THEM
AND REFLECT TO THEY ARE
WHAT THEY ARE HAS A FEE TO
DO WITH WHO SHE IS.
EARLIER IN HER CAREER SHE HAD
ALL OF THE HOPES AND BRIGHT
EYED EXPECTATIONS OF ANY NEW
TEACHER
KIDS GOT ALL EXCITED AND
THEY GOT THE DESKS PREPARED AND
ORGANIZED THE WORK.
AND WROTE LETTERS TO PARENTS.
Reporter: IT WAS PARENT-
TEACHER NIGHT AND NO ONE CAME.
NO ONE.
IT WAS SHOCKING.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHY.
Reporter: TO FIND OUT SHE
DID THIS.
THEY WANTED TO SHOW ME THEIR
ROOM AND SHOW ME WHERE THEY SAT
WHEN THEY GOT HOME.
WHERE THEY DID THEIR HOMEWORK.
THINGS THAT WERE THEM BEYOND
JUST THE FOUR WALLS OF THE
CLASSROOM.
Reporter: YEARS LATER SHE IS
PRINCIPAL NICK WILLIAMS@CARIO
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SHE IS STILL
KNOCKING.
SOMETIMES ALL OF US NEED A
LITTLE HELP AND NOT TO TAKE THE
STEP BUT TO BELIEVE IN IT.
WHEN THE LOOKED PRESIDENT
BARACK OBAMA OR THAT OF THE
CORPORATION OR AN ENTREPRENEUR.
YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH IN HERE.
AND IN HERE.
Reporter: ONE CHILD OF
THOUSANDS DREAMS.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE TO
IT MAKES A WORLD OF
DIFFERENCE.
BECAUSE IT SHOWS ME THAT I HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO REALLY
POSITIVELY IMPACT KIDS ON A
LEVEL THAT IS DEEPER THAN JUST
THEIR ACADEMICS.
WHO IS GOING TO READ --
SPRITZ OF THE CLAIMS PLANS TO
VISIT EVERY STUDENT THIS YEAR
THERE ARE 1000 OF THEM.
ON A HOLIDAY WITH NO CLASS,
SOME HERE SHE'S COMING TO ONE
HOME AND THIS IS HOW MANY OTHER
KIDS READ.
-- CAUSE AND EFFECT.
ISN'T SEEING US IN ISOLATION
SHE SEES WHAT YOU REALLY DO
OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
WHO WE REALLY ARE
LEADERSHIP IS HELPING ME ALL
AROUND IN ALL ASPECTS BUT TO
SEE THAT IN YOUR OWN
NEIGHBORHOOD AND KNOW THAT IT'S
REALLY POWERFUL AND VALUABLE TO
ANY CAN.
GETTING TO THE PARENTS I WAS
ABLE TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT
I LOVED THEIR CHILD LIKE THEY
DID.
AND THAT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE
MOMENT FOR APPARENT KNOWING YOU
FEEL LIKE SOMEONE CARES DEEPLY.
IT'S POWERFUL STUFF
Reporter: AND IF ANYONE EVER
CARED DEEPLY,
2016 IF YOU CAN SAY YOU HAVE
POSITIVELY IMPACTED ANYBODY
THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
AND THAT'S WHY TEACHERS TEACH
AND THAT'S WHY I AM HERE.
TALK ABOUT GOING ABOVE AND
BEYOND MRS. NICK WILLIAMS'S
MOTHER WAS ALSO A TEACHER AND
WOULD NOT BE UNUSUAL FOR TO
BRING STUDENTS HOME WHO NEEDED
THE EXTRA BIT OF ATTENTION.