Tag: Teacher Effectiveness
A Teacher Who Made A Difference: Representative Stephanie T. Bolden
May 8th, 2012
Henry Brooks Adams states, "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops”. Representative Stephanie T. Bolden influenced my success. As a teacher, she was caring and sensitive to the needs of students. She also knew when students needed a little push. I was always a strong average, well-mannered student, but Ms...VIEW ARTICLE
Kudos to the DSEA, TFA, Moyer and WJBR
May 1st, 2012
In the flurry of emails, some just catch my eye. This one certainly did. It was an announcement that Laura Mayer, a high school teacher and Teach For America corps member at Maurice Moyer Academy, was recently named the DSEA & WJBR Teacher of the Month. It caught my eye for a few reasons. One, Rodel is a supporter of TFA and it was...VIEW ARTICLE
Moving Past the Bubble Sheet
April 19th, 2012
As educators, we've all been there - anxious to go home after a long days work only to look over at the students' recently submitted essays ready to be looked over with our critical eye. Suddenly, you find yourself scrambling to calculate how many minutes it will take you to go through each essay - only to realize that you'll have to TiVo your...VIEW ARTICLE
Lessons From Abroad: Connecting international best practices to Delaware
April 17th, 2012
I just got back from a trip to Europe last week, my first time overseas. And while I won’t bore you with the details (except one below), reading this article published by The Atlantic highlights something that hit home for me during my trip. In our current education reform debate, we shouldn’t hesitate to look locally and globally to find...VIEW ARTICLE