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Greetings and Salutations:
Hello! To each and every one of you I say HELLO! I am so glad to have this opportunity to be you teacher, educational facilitator, and your mentor this year. In time, perhaps we might even come to share a trust, and level of respect that will allow us to build a solid, trusting teacher-student relationship. So, I extend the same invitation to your parents and guardians to join with me to help make this your best year in school, your best and most productive year in science. = How can I make all this a reality? = = I committ to: = Being here on time each and every day, enthused and eager to go to work. Being approachable, helpful, and understanding enough of each student to give him/her the best chance to succeed. Using a variety of learning strategies and technologies to keep students motivated to come to school, come to class, and be engaged. Providing rigor and interdisciplinary approaches that afford opportunities for reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking. Maintaining a safe, orderly classroom environment promoting respect and thoughtfullness for oneself, peers, and staff. Providing students a road map to where we are going, and what the expectations will be. Ensuring timely, routine feedback to students, their parents/guardians and staff concerning behavior and academic performance. Ensuring students can apply the knowledge gained to resolve real world issues in acceptable ways meaningful to them. Ensuring students see science as a discipline, politically and economically important to them and society.

The demands being made on today's students, the many serious issues that you deal with while away from school must make school, my classroom and the learning environment a safe haven...a place where you not only feel safe but are safe from so many of the problems and evils of the world...a place where you can just focus on being the best that you can be. So along with your parents or guardians, the school administration and staff, other teachers here we will all be working to make this a reality. We all want each of you to be the best person, and best student you can be, empowered to deal with the issues you confront today, empowered to successfully deal with the issues you will confront in the future. = How you can help make this happen? = Make a committment to set attainable and realistic goals. Make a committment to be in class everyday--unless you are sick. Make a committment to do your best, turn in all assigned work. Make a committment to come to class with a positive attitude and mindset, prepared to work for the day.

Make a committment to make a contribution and do your fair share when working in a group.
Make a committment to seek consensus, always seek to respect others--look for win-win situations. Make a committment to look at all sides of an issue, even if you do not agree with others--see their side. Make a committment to lead when given the chance to lead; be supportive when not leading. = About little about me... = I am a lifelong flying enthusiast and former USAF T-37, T-38, KC-135, EC-135 pilot... I am a lifelong lover of science, Biology Major: Grambling State University I am a lifelong learner, currently pursuing a Master's in Science, Master's in Education I have taught 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Science; High School Biology, Physical Science,Earth and Environmental Science, AP Earth/Environmental Science, Middle and High School Mathematics I spend summers in an Internship Program with Department of Energy (ACTS) and a local summer enrichment program for underserved youth in my community I have been teaching for 12 years in NC and VA I enjoy travel, sports, and politics



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Oh yeah, the videos of in-class presentations will be presented here. You and your parents will be the only ones to see what's going on here. For your protection, no one can join without my consent. And no one can enter, unless you provide them with your information. Weekly lesson plans, my notes, and all assignments will be found here. Once the Acceptable Use Agreements are signed, you will be able to enter and complete assignments even when I am not here, even when you are not here too. I think your parents need to be able to see what you are contributing to the class, and see your work firsthand. This is not the internet--it is only a portal where safe, user friendly, educational material is pulled together for your use. Your comments will be of great interest in making this a great and very safe place to come and work. Lets get started!

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