Teachers make a difference
Students and staff of Pocomoke Middle School are this week celebrating the success of one of their own as the county’s 2007 Teacher of the Year. »
Students and staff of Pocomoke Middle School are this week celebrating the success of one of their own as the county’s 2007 Teacher of the Year. »
Waterford High School’s motto is “worst to first,” and that’s just what students have done since the campus opened six years ago. »
Room 315 of Senior High looks as much like an art studio as a classroom. The white dry-erase boards have detailed drawings of sea life and humans, and the directions penned on the board look as if they were done by an expert illustrator. »
This week, Alisa Smits, life science teacher at Fremont Middle School, will help 108 seventh-graders dissect sheep eyes into various parts — cornea, lens, retina and all. »
Lawrence Cory peers intently into a burbling stream under a canopy of oaks, then jumps to the other side, looking for salamanders. »
Janet Glancy knows when her students need a change of scenery. »
Lisa Braren stood in front of about 10 children dressed in Hawaiian shirts, top hats and canes. »
The gym teacher who helped disarm a 14-year-old boy in a shooting at a Reno middle school last spring has been named the Red Cross Hero of the Year for northern Nevada. »
Ashley Currie, Brock Country Day Early Education Center teacher, is planning on letting one of her students cut her hair. »
Maria Patti just can’t stop teaching. »
Lawrence Cory peers intently into a burbling stream under a canopy of oaks, then jumps to the other side, looking for salamanders. »
If it hadn’t been for a nasty dog bite, teacher Melinda Wilson would not have been standing in front of her dance class Wednesday holding a basket of apples. »
“The Boom” is bouncing around the classroom like an overgrown kid. With his bushy gray eyebrows and mad scientist’s grin, he’s demonstrating the density of methane to 25 rapt teenagers at San Lorenzo Valley High School. »
Stephane Cote has already spent $11,000 of his own money to develop innovative programs for his students at Ecole primaire Lalande in Roxboro. »
Palm Vista Elementary School third-grade teacher Jennifer Smith was taken completely by surprise on Tuesday, Feb. 13 when she became one of three California teachers awarded the $25,000 Milken National Educator Award for 2006. »
Mabelle B. Avery Middle School art teacher Elizabeth Abbott has been in unsettling situations before, but none like what she encountered Wednesday Feb. 7 just as third period class ended. »
Rafe Esquith’s classroom is dingy and cluttered, but it hardly matters. Within seconds inside it, it becomes clear why Esquith has been anointed as one of those magical teachers who propels his poor, immigrant students to impossible heights. »
It’s never too late to follow your dreams. For living proof, look no farther than Emily Simpson, West Pender Middle School reading teacher and Pender County Educator of the Year. »
A middle school teacher from Estes Park was named the Colorado Department of Education’s 2007 Teacher of the Year. »
It has been an eventful few months for Andrea Peterson. »
Robert Griffith, a longtime teacher at Nashoba Regional High School, recently received an “Unsung Hero” award from St. Michael’s College of Vermont. Passionate about his subject matter and known for his positive attitude and quick wit, Griffith, a Clinton resident, has taught psychology at Nashoba for 13 years, and before that, taught English at Emerson School for eight years. »
In Room 1108 on the basement floor of Fayette County High School, Mechthild Vogt begins her first class as she has every day for the past 30 years. »
From tales of his 30 years teaching in New York City schools to the public’s indifference toward teachers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former teacher Frank McCourt’s lighthearted and humorous talk yesterday to students in the Teacher Education Program, one of 13 master’s programs at the Ed School, left an impression. »
At 7 a.m. one morning toward the end of fall term, Duncan McDonald sits in his office with pictures of family and friends, a pile of newspapers, class assignments and copies of his books. »
There is always some type of fun activity in Barbara Bryant’s third grade class at St. Francis Cabrini School in Savannah. »
Griswold Middle School’s Tedeschi returns teacher’s favor with his current students »
When Terry Piumetti isn’t teaching, she spends her weekends at school mentoring students who are interested in learning about the law — and now she’s being honored for it. »
The group of women who left Salon Seven in Crest Hill with sleek bobs Monday night were intimately aware of the importance of hair to a girl. »
Class begins on this day like any other. Robert “Bob” Pontious, English instructor at Brunswick Community College, cheerfully enters the classroom carrying a big stick over his right shoulder, a folder under his arm and an Ohio State University mug in his free hand. Pontious is about to do what he does best: teach. »
Paul Hatcher knows how to coach. His Lee High School team holds the state record of 85 consecutive wins, but his outstanding record happens outside the basketball court as well. Hatcher, like nine other Dawbarn Award winners, presented by the Community Foundation of the Blue Ridge at Wednesday evening’s annual ceremony, also knows how to inspire — how to take a raw grain and help it blossom. [What Great Teachers Do Differently: Fourteen Things That Matter Most] »