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Bottoms, Gene; Rock, Daniel; Tadlock, Joseph – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2018
Literacy is the foundation for success in school and society. An essential goal of every school is to help every student read, write and think critically. Dedicated teachers are the catalyst for reaching this goal. The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) developed a literacy professional learning model to better support these dedicated…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Faculty Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Achievement Gap
Han, Jiye Grace; Barrett, Sharon Kebschull – Public Impact, 2013
Romain Bertrand is a middle school math teacher and Opportunity Culture enthusiast. As the 2012-13 school year wound down, he was already thoroughly looking forward to the next--when he will become a multi-classroom leader at Ranson IB Middle School, taking accountability for the learning results of 700 students. At Ranson, a Project L.I.F.T.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Profiles, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Leadership
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Arnold, John – Middle School Journal, 1993
Former middle-school principal's graduation speech to fifth graders and their parents focuses on three areas: students and psychological and physiological changes they will experience; what to expect in middle school (teamwork and advisee-group activities); and secrets for success and happiness. Students and parents are advised to concentrate on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Commencement Ceremonies, Elementary Education, Expectation
Jones, Rebecca – Executive Educator, 1994
Profiles Ann Blakeney Clark, dynamic North Carolina middle school principal who knows her 750 students by name, insists on individualized education plans, carefully matches students with appropriate teachers. Clark's walk-around management style allows her to catch students and teachers in act of doing things right. Having instituted team teaching…
Descriptors: Biographies, Individualized Education Programs, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools
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Blokhuis, Jason C. – American Educational Research Journal, 2008
If the notion of public and private spheres seems somehow quaint or old-fashioned, the distinction between public and private corporations will be that much more obscure. Yet Channel One broadcasts in a public school classroom are indisputably the result of a contract between a private corporation (Alloy Media + Marketing) and a public corporation…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Interests, Boards of Education, Corporations
Spencer, Pam – School Library Journal, 1996
The Youth Services Director of the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, NC, has involved the community in encouraging children to read with summer reading programs, story-telling festivals, author and illustrator visits to schools, family reading programs for babies through kindergartners, and a year-round middle school reading…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement