“Reading is the Key…. To Success!”

This grant aims to make a drastic impact in an area that my school district seems to have a great concern with. Reading among GAP students is one of, if not the most, overwhelming concern that faces our state’s achievement gap. To reach the students that have, in the past, been deemed unreachable, we must…Read More

“We’re 1:1 – So, Now What?!?”

To address the problem of practice that students are utilizing the 1:1 devices they were issued by the school but are not interacting with them to their fullest potential, I plan for the 75 students I teach in 7th grade language arts to partake in a series of interactive lessons and presentations throughout the year…Read More

“The Write Way to Showcase Appalachia”

Approximately 75 students in my language arts classes will photograph the Appalachian community in which they live. Students will select photos that they feel showcase positive attributes of Appalachia to use as inspiration for creative writing pieces. After composing, revising, and editing pieces, students…Read More

The creation of a “Digital Reader’s Library” will address the following three areas of concern:

(1) With the constant threat of decreased school funding, coupled with ever-increasing textbook prices, students often face classroom environments with few, if any, content-heavy literary resources and textbooks.

(2) Schools have libraries stock…Read More

Rocking Chairs
The students rocking chairs are adorable. The children love them. They are excited to see try them out. The room looks clean and fresh with the new furniture. The children say they are proud of their new classroom.