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LEF
PROUDLY ANNOUNCES OUR 2010 SUMMER FELLOWS
Eleven teachers from Lexington Public Schools have received mini-grants
of up to $4000 to attend conferences and workshops and participate
in research programs. These educational opportunities will enhance
their teaching and enliven their classrooms.
Here’s what LEF Summer Fellows will be studying:
Rosanne Barbacano
Melinda Webster Loof
Katherine C Pyskaty
Bowman Elementary School
The teachers will take part in training at Boston University's Donald D. Durrell Reading & Writing Clinic to improve skills in reading and writing to improve literacy. This is in support of the Bowman's Literacy Leadership Task Force.
Shelley Cochran
Len Swanton
Bowman Elementary School
Bowman School has established a sister school relationship with the Sagam School in Yala Township in Kenya. The teachers will visit the Sagam School to gather info, develop social studies and language arts curriculum and deepen international and personal ties.
Linda Menkis
Bowman Elementary School
Julia Hendrix
Fiske Elementary School
These teachers will attend Professional Development for Mathematics Coaching at Summer Institute at Mount Holyoke to improve coaching skills.
Cheryl Crowder
Estabrook, Fiske, and Hastings Elementary School
This educator will travel to Zambia through Communities without Borders to gain experience with Zambian culture and service learning. She will incorporate cultural studies into Open Circle curriculum and develop “Learning about Zambia” curriculum.
Christina Shin
Clarke Middle School
This teacher will attend Shakespeare Summer School Program at Cambridge University, England take part to enhance her knowledge and understanding of the works of William Shakespeare.
Miyoung Lee
Diamond Middle School
This teacher will travel to Spain to study Modernista (Art Nouveau) creations of Gaudí and Gehry to enhance instruction and curriculum relating to art and architecture.
Ellen Shea
Lexington High School
This teacher will take a class entitled Innovative Approaches to the Teaching of World History at Yale University to enhance her teaching skills.
In some
rare instances, grants are awarded but subsequently returned by
teachers who are unable to use their grants for personal or other
reasons. While, for accurate accounting purposes, we include such
grant amounts in the total dollar amount reported, we do not list
the descriptions of those grants on our website or in our reports.
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