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Woodland Elementary School
114 Stirling Road
Warren, NJ 07059
Elementary, 5 |
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Barbara
Ann LaSaracina, 2001
State Teacher of the Year, New Jersey |
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I
would love to tell you that I always wanted to be a teacher, but that
would not be true. I liked school and my teachers while I was a student,
but I had no desire to become a teacher. (I did, however, love the
taste of that white paste in kindergarten!) I decided to enter this
incredibly rewarding profession via the alternate-route program. I
left the private sector in the late 80's and have been teaching full
time since 1992. I have learned many things since entering the classroom
a decade ago. I have learned that more things than we can count cannot
be measured by any standardized test, that sometimes it's okay to
break the rules, and that joining in with the laughter of children
is a most joyful experience. I am enormously proud to be a public-school
teacher and to share this incredible year with the 55 other state
teachers. |
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