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2004
Master Teachers
Julie
Angers |
Julie
Angers is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Human Resource
Education and Workforce Development, with a minor
in Educational Leadership, Research & Counseling at LSU.
Estimated graduation is August 2004. She is a dedicated,
resourceful education professional with a proven ability
to provide strategies that can substantially increase the
knowledge and teaching skills of teachers. She has 10 years
of achievement in technology teaching and training with a
professional development focus. |
Ruth
Bennett |
Ruth
Bennett has been employed with the East Baton Rouge Parish
School System since 1973. She has taught
grades 3, 4, and 6. Since 1994 she
has worked with Academic Accountability as a LEAP specialist.
Her
current position involves training teachers, presenting model
classroom
lessons, conducting workshops for teachers and parents, and
serving as
leader of District Assistance Teams.
From Louisiana State University, Ruth received her B.A. in
Elementary
Education and M.Ed.+30 in Curriculum and Instruction specializing
in
math/science instruction. She participated in a 5-year National
Science Foundation project sponsored by LSU which resulted
with two resource
publications. Other projects include AIMS, ForSea, Project
Wild, and
Bronx Zoo Project.
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Melinda
Billings |
Melinda
Jeffers Billings is the Magnet Lead Teacher and Technology
Coordinator at Ryan Elementary School. She
has a B.S. in Early Childhood Education and she taught Kindergarten
for 7 years. She will graduate in August with a M.S. in Educational
Technology. She has been teaching Computer Literacy for five
years. The past three years she has been teaching Broadcast
Communications and produces a daily, live, closed-circuit
television show staffed completely by students. Her students
also script and film commercials and public service announcement
for the show as well as film school functions for use on
the television show. Ms. Billings has presented at LACUE,
GAETC, and PTNET conferences. |
Janet
Cundiff |
Janet
Cundiff teaches Technology Education and Drafting at Woodlawn
High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was awarded High
School
Teacher of
the Year for the State of Louisiana for 1997 and she served
on the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Educational
Excellence from
1999-2003.
Formerly a science
and electronics teacher for almost 30 years, she has
been trained in the principles of Tech Prep, High Schools
That Work, and
Tech Trek, all promoting authentic, real-world, hands-on
experiences in
the classroom. She believes that these real world experiences
can and
should be integrated in academics through the use of computer
technology. In a recent year-long sabbatical leave at Louisiana
State
University she increased her knowledge and skills in technology
integration while working on certifications in Technology
Facilitation
and Leadership. She has technology integrated lessons published
on
Louisiana's Making Connections site and Tom
March's
Bestwebquests.com.
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David
Faerber
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David
Faerber, social studies teacher at Glen Oaks High School
in Baton Rouge, is completing his 22nd year as a Louisiana
teacher. He is currently the president of the Louisiana Council
for the Social Studies and an active member of the National
Council for the Social Studies. David works as a consultant
for the Louisiana Council for Economic Education and has
presented and attended economic workshops around the state
and country. He also served on the state social studies textbook
adoption committee in 1990 and worked with CSSAP as a participant
in the Portfolio Pilot Program. |
Debra
Franklin |
I
have over 18 years experience in the education field. For
the past
two years I have been the Coordinator of Staff Development
for the East
Baton Rouge Parish School System, prior to that I was a Division
Director for the State Department of Education. I have also
held the
position of Education Coordinator for telecommunications Incorporated
(TCI); through these jobs I have designed and implement many
educational
activities for schools and the community. As Staff Development
Coordinator, I oversee the day-to-day operations of the Staff
Development Department. Which include management, planning
and
coordinating trainings and meetings for the District. I am
a
certified teacher for grades 1- 8 and 1-12 Special Education.
I have
over 10 years teaching experience. I earned my Bachelors from
Southern
University and my certification in Special Education from LSU
and
Southern University. I am recipient of the of the Golden Apple
award
for Volunteers in Public in schools and have awards from the
Governor of
Louisiana for my work in education. |
Patty
Fraser
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In a few months I will complete 27 years as a teacher in
the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. During these years
in K-12 education, I have worked as an elementary classroom
teacher, Sysop, Technology Coordinator and certified Louisiana
InTech trainer. Currently I am an Instructional Technology
Specialist and a facilitator for the FIRSTTech grant, a grant
targeting new teachers and their mentors. Other responsibilities
include helping with district initiatives where teachers
and administrators are learning to integrate technology into
the curriculum.
I received a BA in Education and an MA in Educational Technology
from Louisiana State University with certifications in Kindergarten,
Computer Literacy, Computer Science and Supervisor of Parish
or City Materials and/or Media Center.
During the last two years, I have become a certified online
course facilitator through the Education Development Center,
Inc. and have been guiding teachers and administrators through
this mode of professional development via Blackboard. In
addition to the varied professional development activities
at the school and district levels, I have taught InTech as
a graduate level course through local universities and have
presented at numerous local, state and regional conferences.
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Susan
Freeman |
I
have been an educator for twenty years. During that time
I have taught
in private and public schools at the elementary, middle
and high school
levels. Most of my years in the classroom were spent teaching
math however I
have taught science, Language Arts, social studies,and
homeliving. At the
present time I am a LEAP Specialist with the East Baton
Rouge Parish
School System.
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Linda
Gauthier
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I have been teaching for over 23
years, mostly in the middle school sciences. I am currently
teaching at St. Louis of King France Parochial School in Baton
Rouge. In the summer I work at LSU with the youth programs
and camps. I became a teacher so that I would not have to grow
up. I attend every workshop possible for 2 reasons: this is
my social life and to avoid housework. As a Key Leader in the
NSTA Building a Presence for Science Program, I am amazed and
gratified at the multitude of professional development opportunities
for teachers. Also, my membership in organizations such as
NSTA, LSTSA, LEEA, NCEA and others have given me a chance to
network with outstanding educators and scientists throughout
the country. I am continuing to seek more information since
I have recently been named to the NASA Solar System Ambassador
Program. My students already believe that I am not from this
planet!
I have been married to the same patient man for 35 years. We
have 3 children and one grandchild.
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Elizabeth Rennhoff |
Elizabeth
Rennhoff has worked for 14 years as both an elementary
and middle school teacher in East Baton Rouge Parish. She
has been the librarian and Sysop at Staring Education Center
for the last four years. Working directly with students
who are at-risk has been a rewarding experience.
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Rebecca
Runnels
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I
have been a teacher for 13 years at Runnels High School .
I have taught math, science, Latin and
computer science. I have also taught many workshops to teachers
on
different kinds of software. I teach Latin for the Louisiana
Virtual
School. |
Robyn
Vaughan |
Presently,
I am an Instructional Technology Specialist for the East
Baton Rouge Parish School System's Center for
Educational Technology. I have an MA in Instructional Technology
from Louisiana State University. During the past 26 years
I have worked as both an elementary and middle school teacher.
In addition to professional development activities at the
school and district levels I am a certified instructor for
Louisiana InTech, have presented at numerous local, state,
and regional conferences and I have been a facilitator for
a number of online courses.
I
have a passion for developing project-based learning activities
that incorporate technology and have had the privileged
to develop lessons for Scope on a Rope and ScienceQuest.
Presently,
I am a facilitator of the FIRSTech grant, Compass Learning,
and Universal Designs for Learning in EBRP.
I am married with two children, a fifth grader and a
junior at LSU.
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