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Newly-Named Teacher of the Year Uses Technology, Parental Involvement to Reach ESL StudentsLast week, the Council of Chief State School Officers named Kimberly Oliver, a kindergarten teacher at Broad Acres Elementary School in Silver Spring, MD, the 2006 National Teacher of the Year. During Oliver's six years at Broad Acres - one of the most diverse campuses in Montgomery County - reading proficiency among third-graders on state tests rose from 11.8 percent to 75 percent. Much of that improvement can be linked to programs Oliver and her colleagues implemented. Oliver received grants to buy electronic tablets her students could take home to work on their reading skills, and four nights a year, parents are invited to school to eat a meal and spend time reading with their children. Oliver, whose current class consists of 15 students - all but one of which speak English as a second language - stressed the importance of parental involvement. "Some cultures believe that school is the job of the educators," she said in an Association Press report. "I believe it is about building a relationship with those parents."
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"Maryland Teacher Named Teacher of the Year" CNN.com/AP |
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