West Des Moines Borders is having a teacher appreciation week-end with 20% off most everything for teachers March 29/30. One of the authors of A Disgrace to the Profession will be signing books at 2pm on Saturday. A great time to get this amazing book about teachers at school and save some money too.
Please help me pass the word along to all the parents and teachers about this book.
Thank you. Jeanne Buesser President, Apraxia Network of Bergen County Outreach Coordinator of Cherab
"Oral language-the ability to communicate needs, feelings and opinions via verbal speech-is the coin-of-the-realm in today's society. One must be able to interact verbally with others and an inability to do so, can greatly hamper a child's development and independence.
For most children, oral language develops quite naturally. As the child's vocabulary and syntax emerges, he becomes better able to communicate with others and gains control of his environment. A child's failure to develop normal verbal language can create great angst for his parents and caregivers.
When a parent has concerns about the child's language development, she often turns to family members or neighbors for 'expert' advice. The counsel that is provided generally ranges from unwarranted panic to laissez-faire advice that the child 'will grow out of it.' Neither of these reactions is particularly helpful or effective.
However, The Late Talker by Agin, Geng and Nicholl provides useful, field tested advice for parents who are concerned about their child's language development. This gem of a book provides an immensely readable overview of normal language development and a thorough review of the cause of language delays and disabilities. The material offers comfort and counsel for the anxious parents.
The great strength of The Late Talker is its transdisciplinary approach to the topic. Dr. Agin offers a thoughtful medical perspective on the problem and translates the related research into understandable and useful terms. Co-author Lisa Geng provides an invaluable parental perspective on the issue by discussing the emotional reactions of the family to the child with delayed speech.
The Late Talker provides an unparalleled overview of a problem faced by families throughout America . But beyond merely defining the problems, the book offers practical advice and strategies that the reader can put into action . . . today. This book belongs in every pediatrician's office and in the bookshelf of every early childhood center in the country."
--Richard D. Lavoie, M.S., M.Ed., Visiting Professor at Simmons College , Former Director of Riverview School , Producer The F.A.T. City Video [link removed]
We are an Australian based online directory where teachers wishing to organise a teaching exchange or holiday swap can register their details. Each exchange or holiday swap is displayed as a mini "web page" complete with photos and relevant information. You can spend hours reading the different profiles, viewing photos and visiting links to teacher exchange locations all over the world. Go to: [link removed]
I am looking for districts around the state that have an early childhood program or preschool in their building. If you have one, how is it funded? In your district are you allowed to allocate the 5 year old money (if you have 5 year olds in the program) directly for the preschool program? We are fighting with administrators and financial manager about this! Help if you can!
On 4/22/03, colleen wrote: > I am looking for districts around the state that have an > early childhood program or preschool in their building. If > you have one, how is it funded? In your district are you > allowed to allocate the 5 year old money (if you have 5 year > olds in the program) directly for the preschool program? We > are fighting with administrators and financial manager about > this! Help if you can!
I was a teacher for several years in Iowa and I need to know whom to contact regarding my retirement benefits. Do you know who I can contact to obtain information regarding my benefits? I taught in Burlington, Iowa in 1970 and 1971. Thank you. My address is now in Houston, Texas and my telephone number is: 713-222-2150.
You would contact IPERS (Iowa Public Employees Retirement System,7401 Register Drive,Des Moines, IA. You can call 1-800- 622-3849.
On 4/30/03, Sharon Hemphill wrote: > I was a teacher for several years in Iowa and I need to > know whom to contact regarding my retirement benefits. Do > you know who I can contact to obtain information regarding > my benefits? I taught in Burlington, Iowa in 1970 and 1971. > Thank you. My address is now in Houston, Texas and my > telephone number is: 713-222-2150.
Greetings from Costa Rica. I would like to announce a course for teachers for this coming summer in Costa Rica.
Proyecto Campanario, the Institute for Central American Studies, and Lewis and Clark College have teamed up to offer an intense "Habitats and Culture of Costa Rica" course for academic or professional development credit for teachers. The hands-on course is an environmental overview of present day Costa Rica that emphasizes the natural history of its diverse landscapes as well as the language and customs of the people. Teachers will journey across Costa Ricas extraordinary geography: from coral lagoon to once-glaciated peaks of volcanic rock, experiencing cloud forests, lowland rainforests, and mangrove swamps. This is a rather intense "field trip".
You may read more about the course on our web site and/or write to us for a complete course descriptions and registration form.
Iowa teachers I have a favor to ask. We have a teacher retiring this year from the Council Bluffs area. She has taught for 35 years most of that in Kindergarten. This is one very special lady. Please we are asking teachers not only in our state but national and international as well to send a card of congratulations and appreciation.
Teachers need to stick together and when it can be done in a positive fun way it is wonderful.
Please send cards to: Connie Shubert 1105 Redick Blvd. Carter Lake, IA 51510
Is there anyone eager to share their kindergarten schedule with me? My job next year will include teaching 9 self-contained kindergarten students...I'm a desperate woman! I've never taught a truly self-contained group of students. I'm not sure what to do with them all day and still keep it interesting for them.
My name is Carol Sparks; my co-worker (Patsy Stephens) and I teach social studies at Freeport High School in Freeport, Florida. We’ve received a small grant from our school district (Walton County) for a program we are developing, “Our Town, Our Nation.” In this interdisciplinary course, students will conduct oral histories of community members, preserving important links to the past and providing community service. As well, students will work with the community to create traveling and permanent historical displays.
An important part of the program is forging a distance learning partnership via teleconferencing with a sister school in another part of the country. Students will share stories and experiences via interactive televised learning. The remote site will also e-mail their stories and histories to ours. As an end-of-term project, our students will compile both sets of stories—ours and yours— into a completed publication, for both communities.
Why are we doing this? We teach in a small, rural community in northwest Florida. Until recently, our students were largely from traditional, even insular backgrounds. Now, however, our county is undergoing tremendous growth and experiencing consequent stress. We are currently the 5th-fastest growing county in the state. Although there are only about 40,000 people in our district, there has been a 25% growth rate in the last decade. In fact, we expect our county’s population to double in the next decade. Most of this growth is in the southern part of the county, along the beaches. Freeport is the “fault line” where the fast-growing beach area collides with the agrarian north.
We would like to find a school with an interactive distance program that is approximately the same size and composition of our own. Hopefully, by collecting and exchanging stories, identify both what distinguishes them as members of a local community and what ties them together as Americans.
I realize there is little time left in the school year. If you are interested and/or need further information, please e-mail me at [email removed].
Here is some help! We suggest going over the questions several times. You should do this a number of times until you feel comfortable with all questions.
Time is the single most common fault that all test takers have trouble with. If you are familar with these study questions and know them well you will save time without knowing it.
Make sure you pace yourself during the test. Keep track of how much time you have used not how much is left.
Usually two choices can be eliminated from each question.
If you can not eliminate any answers skip this question and come back to it.
When required to read a passage such as in the lab questions you should scan/skim the passage to get a vague impression then read the questions. You will be surprised at how some answers come to you very quickly.
Do not guess. Eliminate 1-2 choices then "pick" out the best choice. You should be willing to bet money on this choice.
Scientific sounding answers are better than slang sounding answers.
Avoid extreme statements such as answers with these key words always...never...completely...
If the answers contain two answers that are opposite from each other then one of these is usually correct.
These are some sample TIPS and you can get the rest of the TIPS from [link removed]
On 4/22/03, colleen wrote:
> I am looking for districts around the state that have an
> early childhood program or preschool in their building. If
> you have one, how is it funded? In your district are you
> allowed to allocate the 5 year old money (if you have 5
year
> olds in the pro...See More