Not exact matches
Telia Kapteyn Learning and Teaching Hometown: Atlanta Experience: Taught kindergarten as a Teach For America corps member in Brooklyn, New York; high school English
teacher in a rural fishing village in Malaysia on a Fulbright
Scholarship;
elementary school
teacher at a KIPP school in the Arkansas Delta Future plans: First - grade
teacher at Brooke Charter School in Roslindale, Massachusetts; cohort leader in Teach For America's Education 4 Justice pilot program, which seeks to prepare
teachers to incorporate social justice pedagogy into their classrooms
During his eight years in Tallahassee, the governor established a far - reaching accountability system, including limits on social promotion in
elementary school; introduced a plethora of school choice initiatives (vouchers for the disabled, vouchers for those in failing schools, tax - credit funded
scholarships for the needy, virtual education, and a growing number of charter schools); asked school districts to pay
teachers according to merit; promoted a «Just Read» initiative; ensured parental choice among providers of preschool services; and created a highly regarded system for tracking student achievement.
In another example, while conducting a training of trainers session for Eisenhower Grant
Scholarship elementary teachers, IDRA was preparing these selected
teachers to develop workshops and presentations to extend their knowledge in the teaching of math and science to their campus peers.
In 1998, Ms. Whitt organized and founded «Foundation 2000 for Children,» which is a nonprofit philanthropic organization that provides the following support for individuals in Cobb County, Georgia:
Scholarships for high school students, teacher impact grants for middle school teachers, and after school care scholarships for elementa
Scholarships for high school students,
teacher impact grants for middle school
teachers, and after school care
scholarships for elementa
scholarships for
elementary students.
MLC collaborated with the Association of Mathematics
Teacher Educators (AMTE) to establish a
scholarship fund for
elementary math specialists.
In 15 years of
elementary school teaching, Tim earned and renewed National Board Certification as a Middle Childhood Generalist, held multiple leadership positions in the National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics, and developed
scholarship focused on mathematics teaching practice through the Center for Proficiency in Teaching Mathematics at U-M and the Carnegie Foundation.