The support team for Emerging Professionals has had a very busy and enlightening biennium. We have written articles, attended International, State and local conferences, added to our blog and are ready for our second “Penne Party” to honor the Penne Ferrell Grant recipients. We had successful Tuesday Teacher Talks/tips on important educational issues as well. Thank You DKG for supporting our team's efforts. CHRISTINA CLEMONS I am a recovered & "non-math person"! I've been teaching Middle School math for 9 years but I started out as an early elementary teacher so that I wouldn't have to teach, what I considered to be, "math". After teaching 2nd grade in Florida, and through lots of twists and turns, I was offered a teaching job in Oakland, California in January of 2015. I took over a 5/6 GATE class and 6th grade math after their teacher had left in November. I began taking as many math courses as I could from City College of San Francisco and ended up
It has come to the attention of the Support Team for Emerging Professionals that there are many “new” books on Black History and Awareness. We would like to share the website linked below which has a list of some of these titles and authors. Our hope is that these books will be added to classroom libraries or used for educators to increase their own knowledge and understanding. https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Black-Lives-Matter-Booklists.html?soid=1101431245776&aid=CMzYxYSQyiI