[Rhodes22-list] My Mom's Book

[elle]

What an inspiration she is!

Surely you are immensely proud of her.....

elle
--- Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:

> John,
> 
> I think it was the U of Maryland that I heard was
> requiring the book but I
> could be wrong.  If so and your daughter went there
> as an ed major, chances
> are good she read it.
> 
> My mom was an elementary public school teacher for
> many years.  Third and
> fourth grades, special ed and remedial reading
> specialist.  Then she quit
> all that and decided to open her own private school
> in Naples, Fla.  The
> book is about how the school came about from the
> ground up.  She started
> with just one pre-K class and each year, as the
> students graduated, she
> built new classrooms, hired new teachers, developed
> new curriculum and now
> the Seacrest Country Day School enrolls students
> from pre-K through 12th
> grade.  Mom's retired now but she still volunteers
> at Seacrest on a regular
> basis.  She's at her best working with small groups
> on their reading skills
> but now loves the luxury of being just a volunteer
> and can say, "I'm tired.
> That's all for today.  See you tomorrow."
> 
> Speaking of tomorrow, she's going in to volunteer to
> help with the Halloween
> parade which most teachers think is just about the
> worst day of the year in
> terms of just general chaos.  But again, when you're
> a volunteer and not
> primarily responsible, it's actually fun.  Or so she
> says.
> 
> Slim
> 
> On 10/30/07, john Belanger <jhnblngr at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > my daughter is teaching math to middle school
> students. i'm getting her a
> > copy for her birthday. thanks for a great idea.
> one question though, since
> > it is required reading, could she have already
> read it? she graduated in '99
> > with a degrees in french and education. ???
> >
> > Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:  Please
> refresh my memory. I don't
> > remember who on this list posted a
> > message commenting how his wife is studying at the
> U of Maryland (?) where
> > Mom's book about building a school is required
> reading. Her name is Jane
> > Kern.
> >
> >
> >
>
http://www.amazon.com/Inventing-School-Expanding-Boundaries-Learning/dp/0967641616/ref
> >
>
=sr_1_1/002-2499801-1175245?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193783322&sr=8-1
> >
> > I was talking to her about it and she says she can
> get all the copies you
> > want for free. Please contact me back channel.
> >
> > Slim
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