6 SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON Farmer's ADVOCATE -- THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1988
POSITIVELY EDUCATION
BY TOM
MCNEEL, STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Recently, I had the distinct pleasure
of participating in a very special and
• wonderful event celebrating the 1989
Teacher of the Year.
Selected by a statewide committee
task to recognize and reinforce that
talent. And for those students who find
learning difficult due to poor self-
concept, lack of self-discipline, or past
academic failures, the teacher must
county teacher of the year colleagues
give concrete meaning to that term. I
salute them all -- these marvelous
champions of the classroom.
ATTEND CONVENTION
Marian Birdsall and Nancy
Halstead-Gordon, special instructors
in these fields in Jefferson County
Schools, atte'a4,ed the annual national
covention of th4merican Speech-
Language-Hearing Association from
November 18 through 21 in Boston,
Mass.
The duo joined 12,000 other speech-
language-hearing professionals for the
four-day convention program which
included short courses, mini-
seminars, technical sessions and
scientific exhibits.
as one of West Virginia's outstanding
teachers, Kanawha County's Teresa
Hardman truly illustrates excellence
in her profession.
Evidence of this can be seen not on-
ly in her mathematics classroom at
Nitro High School, but also in the pride
her colleagues, parents and communi-
• ty members show toward her work.
Consider these statements from her
candidacy dossier: "Teaching is far
more than presenting the subject mat-
ter; we teachers must help students
learn how to learn, and perhaps most
important, we must convince our
develop and/or seek out ways in which
those students may be remediated so
they, too, can be positive contributors
in the learning process."
--Gwen Rosenbluth, English teacher
in Monongalia County: "There is no
substitute for competence in one's
teaching area. Staying current and
having a large 'bag of tricks' for the
classroom are obviously important.
but if I do not know and relate to my
students as individuals, I can't be an
effective teacher."
--Linda Staub, English/journalism
teacher in Hampshire County: "The
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One never knows who or what will
show up at Story Hour at the Bolivar-
Harpers Ferry Library on Thursdays.
On November 17, Judy Carrigan, one
of the Story Hour mothers, brought
Bonnie, a cross between a Nubian and
Alpine goat. Bonnie was five weeks old
and entertained the children in the
backyard of the library for an hour.
She is still on a bottle, so all of the
books were safe. The children heard
a short talk on animal behavior and
care.
A full-length movie, "Brother from
Another Planet", will be shown free on
Wednesday, December 14, at 8 p.m.
America's leading independent film-
maker, John Sayles, creates a
hilarious story about a man from
space who accidentally lands in
Harlem. This is a science fiction film
that ran in New York for over a year
to sell-out crowds.
The Bolivar-Harpers Ferry library
will be closed on Christmas Eve and
New Year's Eve.
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Mary Albertson, of Harpers Ferry,
recently attend the annual conference
of Literacy Volunteers of America,
Inc., held in Albuquerque, N.M. She
was among 1,029 delegates from
throughout the United States to attend
the three-day conference, which
featured lectures and workshops for
professional and volunteer teachers,
tutors and administrators who offer
literacy services to adults and teens.
Also attending were literacy students-
-adults and teens who have learned to
read or to speak conversational
English through LVA programs.
Keynote speaker at the conference
was Walter Anderson, editor of
Parade magazine. Other special
guests include Wallace "Famous"
Amos, LVA's national spokesperson,
and Ruth Colvin, LVA's founder. A let-
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Bush, was read.
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years from a single chapter in
Syracuse, N.Y., to a national organiza-
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Currently, more than 28,000 adults and
teens are being tutored in basic
literacy or English as a second
language by over 24,000 volunteers.
LVA features an individualized, needs-
oriented approach which focuses on
each student's personal goals.
Mary Albertson attended the con-
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Panhandle Literacy Volunteers. She is
a member of its board and librarian
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