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Howard
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Welcome message!
About me:
- I am a teacher at Howard Elementary School in Dearborn. I have taught for a total of 17 years with 12 of those in Dearborn. Two years were in Developmental Pre-School and the rest were working at the elementary level as a Resource teacher, Reading Recovery teacher, 1st grade teacher, Kindergarten teacher and presently as a 2nd grade teacher. My Bachelor's and Masters degrees are from Indiana University and I have an Early Childhood endorsement from Eastern Michigan University. My Reading Recovery training was through Western Michigan University.
About my classroom:
I
have 25 students with a wide range of
academic ablities. Most of them come from homes with computers
and have some background knowledge. They also mostly come
from families that read with them and give them a broad range of
experiences. Many of the children have traveled the world more
than I have! This widens the gap between those who "have" and
those who do not.
About Howard Elementary:
- Howard is in an upper middle
class community with very
strong parental involvement. Our students are fairly high
achieving and parents support their education at home with extra
tutoring as needed. The majority of our students have and use computers
at home.
- Our school has a computer lab with 30 eMacs connected to the internet. Each teacher also has a Mac in the classroom for his/her use and one or two classroom computers are connected to the internet as well.
- A recent Star
Chart indicates that our school is, in general, a mid-tech school.