Performance Zone 12
May 2015 Spotlights
D'Vorre and Hal Ober Elementary School
Mrs. Haley Payne is an extraordinary Kindergarten teacher at D’Vorre and Hal Ober Elementary School! Her classroom is full of energy and engagement! Visitors to her classroom would see students singing, reading, and working collaboratively. A student would even welcome you to the classroom as you enter! Students in Mrs. Payne’s classroom have exceptional speaking and listening skills! They use complete sentences, track the speaker, and stand while speaking to the whole group!
Mrs. Payne is a strong teacher leader! She is the Chair of her grade level and has opened her classroom to many Kindergarten teachers this school year as a model for the PZ 12 Literacy Framework! Mrs. Payne is highly organized, creative, and thoughtful when it comes to her students, her instruction, and her classroom! She is type of teacher who works all summer, and even completes her student holiday gifts before school starts! Mrs. Payne also networks with other Kindergarten teachers across the country through her blog! Check it out:
http://kindercreations.blogspot.com
In addition to being an awesome teacher, Mrs. Payne is an avid cyclist and has shared her passion for riding with our whole school! She organizes an annual Bike to School Day each Spring, in which students learn about bike safety, and then complete a group ride to school with the Ober ES Staff and other community members! Mrs. Payne also supports Bike Rodeos at other elementary schools!
Our littlest learners are so lucky to have the talented Mrs. Payne and we are proud to showcase her as the PZ 12 Teacher Spotlight!
Haley
Payne
Roger Bryan Elementary School
Roger Bryan Elementary School spotlights, third grade teacher, Linda Zippmann-Beery. Ms. Zippmann-Beery provides a highly structured classroom, where students engage in discourse and collaboration on a regular basis. The excitement from her students, as they engage in a variety of activities, can be felt upon entering her classroom. She constantly seeks to find innovative and exciting ways to challenge her students in rigorous activities that require higher level thinking. She is involved in after school tutoring , SBAC Boot Camps and ELL Summer Academies. Ms. Zippmann-Beery is a team player who is willing to assist anyone, at any time. She has an excellent rapport with parents, students and staff. We are so happy she is a member of the Roger Bryan family.
Linda
Zippmann-Beery
Spring Valley High School
Shannon Houston is the adaptive physical education teacher at Spring Valley High School. Ms. Houston goes above and beyond to provide opportunities for special education students. This year, Ms. Houston promoted the R-Word campaign and had a banner made for all students asking them to pledge not to use the R-Word. Ms. Houston also served as the site facilitator for the Sunset Unified Basketball Tournament on March 30, 2015. The event was attended by 20 high school and middle school teams and was a huge success due to Ms. Houston’s unwavering commitment to students. Ms. Houston also served as the site facilitator for the 13th annual school-based Special Olympics Unified Track and Field from April 30, 2015 - May 1, 2015. In addition, Ms. Houston has been recognized as a Winter 2015 Teacher of the Season by the Special Olympics. Ms. Houston received this award due to her hard work and dedication with her students and her involvement with Schools Partnership Program through the Special Olympics.
Shannon
Houston
Kathy L. Batterman Elementary School
Ms. Jarvis is a fabulous first grade teacher who works hard every day making sure that her students learning needs are met in a positive manner. She provided mentoring in classroom management to teachers throughout the year. Ms. Jarvis has worked at Batterman for the past three years. She continually provides stellar learning opportunities for her first graders that encourage exploratory learning experiences. She implements high learning expectations and provides many opportunities for her student to soar to success. Ms. Jarvis continues to model a positive learning and working environment. We were very lucky to have her as a teacher at Batterman.
Carisa
Jarvis
Lucille S. Rogers Elementary School
Rogers Elementary is proud to recognize Lisa Sciapli for the month of May. Lisa Scialpi has been a valued member of the Rogers family for over 10 years. She is an exemplary teacher, instructional leader, and esteemed colleague. Although Mrs. Scialpi is a veteran educator, she continues to seek out professional learning opportunities to provide her students the best education possible.
Her passion for math and science is evident in engaging lessons with rigorous expectations. Mrs. Scialpi has a great rapport with both her students and colleagues. Her dedication to her students and incredible worth ethic are both admired and respected. We are lucky to have Mrs. Scialpi as part of our amazing Rogers Family.
Lisa
Sciapli
Joseph E. Thiriot Elementary School
This month’s “Teacher Spotlight” is on Brianna Nichols. Brianna is a 2nd year teacher teaching 3rd grade at Thiriot E.S. She hails from Orange County, California and brings to the 3rd Grade team a host of technology skills and teaching strategies. She is always tapping into the latest and best ideas that she researches and enjoys bringing them to her classroom. She has implemented “whole brain learning” and her classroom is decorated with anchor charts, rich print environment as well as a plethora of student engagement techniques.
Ms. Nichols’ kind personality and enthusiastic passion for her students’ learning is evident through their writing, comfort level of technology skills with iPads and laptops as well as students making gains with English. Ms. Nichols’ students enjoy presenting what they have been learning to other classes and the administrators on campus.
Ms. Nichols is a great team member that truly nurtures 3rd graders at Thiriotland.
Brianna
Nichols
Clarabelle H. Decker Elementary School
Barbara Curtis was born and raised in Muskegon, Michigan. After 17 years of teaching in Michigan, she and her husband decided to settle for a warmer climate. She was first hired by CCSD as an ELL Specialist working with K-5 students, enabling those that spoke a different language at home to become more proficient in English. For 11 years, she has been a Decker Dinosaur! Over the years, she has made many friends with staff, students, and parents.
In her 28 years of teaching, she has always set the bar high. “I run my class from the 1st day to the last by only 4 rules:
1 BE KIND
2 BE SAFE
3 HELP PICK UP
4 HAVE FUN LEARNING
Hopefully, these will be carried by my classroom students through life’s journeys!”
Mrs. Curtis is retiring at the end of the 14-15 school year. Her kind spirit and positive relationships will be greatly missed by all current and past Decker Dinosaurs.
Barbara
Curtis
Patricia A. Bendorf Elementary School
Jennifer Jenkins has been a wonderful addition to Bendorf this year as our primary interventionist. Her gentle manner but rigorous instruction has helped our students in first and second grade become more proficient in reading and math. We have truly appreciated all her assistance with the RTI process and crunching data.
