Rhode Island

 
Kathryn A. Tancrelle
Old County Road School
200 Old County Road
Smithfield, RI 02917

Elementary, 5 		 
 

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1) What is one thing that needs to change in order to keep quality teachers in the profession?
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Tell us about the teacher who meant the most to you when you were growing up.

 
 

Kathryn A. Tancrelle, 2001
State Teacher of the Year, Rhode Island
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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