We continue our series of stories from teachers who spent their summer using their Atlanta Fund for Teachers grant (through the Atlanta Education Fund). Next up: Beverly Easterling, teacher at Kennedy Middle School. Ms. Easterling used her grant for a trip to South Africa, where she studied racial reconciliation. She titled her essay “Seeking Wealth in […]
We continue our series of stories from teachers who spent their summer using their Atlanta Fund for Teachers grant. Next up: Angela Nelson, an ESOL teacher at Garden Hills Elementary. Ms. Nelson traveled to Egypt and Jordan. Her goal, as she told the AJC‘s Gracie Bonds Staples: “I hope to bring back and share my […]
We continue our focus on teachers and how they spent their summer with yet another winner of the Atlanta Fund for Teachers grant, Sydney Butler (above right) of Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus High School. The grant is sponsored by the Atlanta Education Fund. Ms. Butler traveled to Spain for an international conference on special […]
Sutton Middle School‘s Nina Edelstein (English/language arts, sixth grade) and Dan Lloyd (English/language arts, eighth grade) have been named Dobbs Teaching Fellows for the 2009-2010 school year. This prestigious fellowship by the R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation comprises a professional learning community of 10 professional educators — a collaboration between public (Atlanta Public Schools) and private […]
Last week, we sent out the call for teachers to let us know how they spent their summer. The email was focused on those who participated in the Atlanta Fund for Teachers program — featured both in the Summer 2009 issue of The Atlanta Educator (Page 15) AND the Atlanta Journal-Constitution — in which 18 […]
As Atlanta Public Schools continues its journey to excellence, expect a school year filled with plenty of changes, challenges and new opportunities. Here is a sneak preview of five things to expect this year …
Congratulations to art teacher Raymond Veon of M. Agnes Jones Elementary, who was awarded a fellowship Wednesday through the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education. Check out the press release on our district Web site here.