Davie County Schools Collaborate with Industry ~ Energize STEM Curriculum With Cutting Edge Science
April 20, 2011Free Event ~ Enjoy Classic Rock and Roll with the Flat-Kar Ryders This Saturday at Misty Creek Vineyards
April 28, 2011
Valerie B. Brown-Schild, Ph.D.
On Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at Bermuda Run Country Club in Davie County, the 2012 class of Kenan Fellows teachers gathered for an orientation and opportunity to meet their mentors. They were welcomed by Dr. Valerie Brown-Schild, Director of the Kenan Fellows Program for Curriculum and Leadership Development.
Dr. Brown-Schild remarked, “We are proud to be able to honor this group of effective teacher leaders from this region as Kenan Fellows. They are joining a distinguished group of outstanding educators from across North Carolina to positively impact other teachers, students, school districts and their communities.
Meet Your Davie County Class of 2012 Kenan Fellows |
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 Denise Absher |
Denise Absher, a teacher from the Davie County Early College High School will focus on “Teachers Training Teachers” with mentor Heather Mullins from the NC Department of Public Instruction. |
 Elizabeth Bustle |
Davie County High School teacher, Elizabeth Bustle will focus on “STEM and Lean Manufacturing” with mentors Jerry Lakey and Lewis Anderson from the Ingersoll Rand “manufacturing center of excellence” in Mocksville. |
 Marty Creech |
Marty Creech, a teacher at North Davie Middle School will focus on “Innovations in Healthcare” with mentors Allyson Komaschka and Anita Pulley from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. |
 Diane Ireland |
Diane Ireland, a teacher at William R. Davie Elementary School will focus on “Logistics: More than Trucks and Trains” with mentors Dave Hauser and Kathleen Patterson from the North Carolina Center for Global Logistics. |
Summer Immersion, Curriculum Development, Conference Presentations ~ Learn, Do, Share!
Kenan Fellows spend five weeks in the summer with mentors from universities, innovative industries and professional educators and two weeks in a Summer Institute. Fellows work in labs, develop new research skills, engage in leadership workshops and build professional relationships with colleagues.
As their research progresses, they use the summer experience to create lessons that are adapted to the subjects they teach. Kenan Fellows bring this new, relevant information into classrooms at a level that is appropriate for their students.
They continue developing their projects in the fall and present their lessons at professional conferences throughout the next year to help improve teacher instruction and student learning across classrooms in NC.
Please join us in congratulating these exceptional Davie County educators!
Additional Resources:
Kenan Fellows Program for Curriculum and Leadership Development
