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Old County Road School
200 Old County Road
Smithfield, RI 02917
Elementary, 5 |
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Kathryn
A. Tancrelle, 2001
State Teacher of the Year, Rhode Island |
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I
have been an elementary educator for the last ten years. I feel privileged
to have been entrusted with their learning; however, volunteering
with adult non-readers for the last 16 years through Project LEARN
Adult and Family Literacy Programs has had the greatest impact
on what I do in the classroom. Parental support is crucial to the
successful school experience of a child, but active participation
is remarkably difficult when the parent is unable to read. My work
with Project LEARN has enabled me to bring the perspectives of adult
non-readers to fellow elementary educators. If even one teacher re-examines
practices as a result of viewing school issues from the eyes of a
non-reader, we are one step closer to solving the problem of illiteracy
while working together to help these parents become successful and
effective partners in their children's education. |
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