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Learning & Leadership Grants: Fall 2007 Recipients

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ARIZONA

Michael J. Clark, Mesa
Secondary Site Manager for Food & Nutrition Department
Rhodes Junior High School

Take three classes to become a Certified School Nutrition Specialist.

CALIFORNIA

Blake More, Point Arena
Creative Director/Multimedia Teacher
Arena Technology Center

Take two courses in digital media and convert that learning into instructional framework to increase student aptitude about internet technology.

DELAWARE

Nancy Getchell, Newark
Associate Professor
University of Delaware

Work directly with the Autism Program in Newark, DE to develop an effective curriculum in which to assess and teach physical fitness and motor skill development as it relates to children with Autism for the purpose of improving instruction to undergraduate students enrolled in physical education.

FLORIDA

Sandra Hall, Port Orange
High School Teacher
Spruce Creek High School

Develop training program based on “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and create/modified instructional unit for use and integration for school-wide teen intervention program.

Stephanie Bartlett Hajdin, Ormond Beach
Interdisciplinary/Mathematics
Pine Trail Elementary School
Partner: Kip Dickens Lane

Creation of a professional learning community within school to develop master lessons to be shared by general staff and specialized disciplines.

IDAHO

Debrah Roundy, Rupert
Special Education
East Minico Elementary School

Learn and translate a program designed for business into an effective learning strategy for special needs students. Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) studies the structure of how people think and experience the world.

ILLINOIS

Camiria Elease Jones, Chicago
School Psychologist
Samuel Gompers Fine Arts Option School/Chicago Public Schools

Participate in an experiential learning workshop titled “Ono-to-One Process Skills.” The program is design to provide a foundation to the implementation of Chicago Public Schools’ Response to Intervention (RTI) program.

KANSAS

Ginger Ellen Riddle, Leavenworth
Special Education Teacher
Leavenworth High School

The mathematics department in conjunction with the special education program will elect one teacher to participate in Teacher Learning Cadre Training for handheld graphing calculators used to improve instruction.

MAINE

Bonnie S. Pulsifer, M.Ed., Portland
Data/Literacy Specialist and Literacy Coach
Fred P. Hall Elementary

Offer a graduate level equivalency course leadership/staff development training to 12 (or more) staff members on instructional framework development across the curriculum. The course is designed to address curricular issues for primary-level student.

MICHIGAN

Jane Urban, Grayling
Teacher
Grayling Elementary School
Partner: Gina Brunskill

A collegial intervention study group with the goal of improving student writing through book study, establishing a common language for writing instruction, developing trait-based units and interacting with writing coaches who model lessons and critique instruction.

Marie Jurado, Northville
Literacy Coach
South Lyon Community Schools/Salem Elementary School
Partner: Patricia Raines

As guided by a Literacy Specialist, study group members will participate in two staff development training sections using graph phonics, writing conventions and composition toward improving instruction for “at-risk” first grade writers.

Karen L. Abraham, West Olive
Teacher
West Ottawa Public Schools/Sheldon Woods Elementary School
Partner: Danielle Travis

Utilizes peer coaching model to develop collegial exchange/share program for staff of (10) elementary school teachers. Program objective includes the development of common language, strategies, and techniques for teaching writing.

NEBRASKA

Cherrie A Cummings, Springfield
Secondary Mathematics Teacher
Platteview High School

Using GeoGebra, Geometer's Sketchpad, graphing calculators, and TI Smartview to improve instruction by using technology to create an active learning environment based on defined instructional standards.

NEW JERSEY

Christopher Yonitch, West Orange
Teacher
West Orange Board of Education/Washington School

Participate in an intensive cultural and language program sponsored by the Spanish Language School of Lima, Peru. The need for this professional development program is based on demographic changes brought on by the ever increasing cultural diversity of his school.

NEW YORK

Jonathan Pincus, Brooklyn
Art, New Media & Technology Teacher
Midwood High School at Brooklyn College

Active participant in Harvard University’s Project Zero Classroom Summer Institute to learn how developments in neural-cognitive sciences can be used to impact student assessment and differentiated learning models.

Michael Rozalski, Geneseo
Associate Professor
State University of New York at Geneseo

Create and implement a replicable, professional development program for pre-service special education teacher candidates at SUNY Geneseo.

TEXAS

Martha Valdillez-Medlock, Austin
Teacher/English Department Chair
Lake Travis Middle School

Complete course required to earn National Board Certification.

Kelly Vanhook, Garland
Band Director
The Classical Center at Brandenburg Middle School

Develop teaching strategies for band and orchestra through participation in the Midwest International Band Clinic.

Deborah Hays, Klein
School Bus Driver
Klein Independent School District/Transportation Department

Participate in leadership training (course series) offered by the Texas Engineering Service Training Institute and the Texas Association of Pupil Transportation. The training program is designed to prepare her for the role of a driver trainer within her department.

Pamela Dooley, San Antonio
Campus Instructional Technologist
Health Careers High School

Attend the Texas Distance Learning Conference (two instructional cycles) in preparation for offering training and development workshops to assist teachers with the development of online instruction in support of modifications to curricular requirements mandated by the Texas General Assembly.

WISCONSIN

Mary Smaby, Little Chute
Title I Reading Teaching
Little Chute Elementary School

Proposes to participate in a comprehensive Jensen Learning workshop entitled “Engage to Achieve: High Impact Classroom Tools for Engagement.” His program is designed to provide research tools and practical learning techniques that illustrate how students learn best (supported by research findings).

Cheryl Geske, Plover
School Social Worker
Plover-Whiting Elementary School

Geske will attend a “Courage to Teach” retreat to assist her professional development toward providing specialized training to teachers and other instructional stakeholders involved in the implementation of a professional renewal model. This conceptual model is designed to reconnect teachers with teaching and absent of the many intangible variables which impact their ability to carry out that task.