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<br />Tri.City Newsletter, NovemberlDecember 1985 - Page 23
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<br />Staff Development Program a Success
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<br />Teachers in Anoka-Henne-
<br />pin School District 11 learned
<br />new ideas for working with
<br />students during a two day
<br />staff development program
<br />prior to the start of school.
<br />Dr. Clinton Bunke, educa-
<br />tional consultant, gave the
<br />keynote address on the theme
<br />of the workshop, "Exalting;'
<br />Teaching and Learning".
<br />Bunke gave teachers a feel-
<br />ing for their importancein the
<br />lives of their students when he
<br />recalled his own experiences
<br />growing up as the youngest of
<br />13 children in a poor farm fami-
<br />ly. His father was murdered
<br />when he was just a young
<br />child. That left his mother to
<br />raise a large family by herself.
<br />For Bunke, school was
<br />everything. It was his teachers
<br />that made him realize that he
<br />was important as an individual
<br />and that he could achieve.
<br />Bunke reminded teachers that
<br />they might be that ail-impor-
<br />tant person in the lives of
<br />some of their students.
<br />"The program this year had
<br />a heavy focus on curriculum
<br />topics," said Kathi Jorrisen,
<br />staff 'development coordinator
<br />who drew together over 100
<br />local and nationally recogniz-
<br />
<br />ed experts for the program.
<br />The major topic for elemen-
<br />tary teachers was the new
<br />math curriculum adopted for
<br />this year. An entire day was
<br />devoted to giving teachers
<br />ideas for working most effec-
<br />tively with the new curriculum
<br />materials.
<br />Consultants from the math
<br />textbook publishers, Addison-
<br />Wesley Company, and other
<br />math experts worked with
<br />teachers in a number of small
<br />sessions aimed at individual
<br />grade levels. Additional ses-
<br />sions were also held on specif-
<br />ic topics such as problem
<br />solving, statistics, graphing
<br />and more. '
<br />The elementary' math day
<br />was organized by Roger Lar-
<br />son, mathematics curriculum
<br />and instruction consultant for
<br />the district. Larson wrapped
<br />up the day with a talk on
<br />"Addison-Wesley Mathemat-
<br />ics -- Our Way!"
<br />Secondary teachers spent
<br />one day in department level
<br />meetings on topics related
<br />directly to their curriculum.
<br />Another full day of work-
<br />shop gave both elementary
<br />and secondary teachers a
<br />chance to select sessions of
<br />
<br />interest from approximately 25
<br />different topics. Choic"es rang-
<br />ed from such things as "How
<br />to Talk to Children About Sex-
<br />'ual Abuse", to "Increasing
<br />Students' Thinking Skills" to
<br />"Building a Positive Class-
<br />room Climate". _
<br />"Some of the choices were
<br />on curriculum topics such as
<br />science, reading, writing and
<br />handwriting, while others were
<br />on generic teaching skills and
<br />strategies," said Jorissen.
<br />Special sessions were also
<br />planned for special education
<br />teachers, communicative dis-
<br />orders clinicians, hearing and
<br />vision staff, interpreters for
<br />the deaf, pyschologists and
<br />nurses."
<br />The school district places a
<br />strong emphasis on staff de-
<br />velopment programs because
<br />they give staff ideas for ways
<br />to improve their effectiveness
<br />in the classroom.
<br />"It is clear that the effective-
<br />ness of all personnel is the
<br />cornerstone for building an ef-
<br />fective school," said Superin-
<br />tendent Lewis Finch.
<br />Staff development pro-
<br />grams are held for all em-
<br />ployee groups including
<br />cooks, custodians, and aides.
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<br />Jill Jungling and Christa
<br />Dahlstrom, seniors at Anoka
<br />High School, won achieve-
<br />ment awards in the annual
<br />writing' contest sponsored by
<br />the National Council of Teach-
<br />ers of English.
<br />To enter, they submitted 500
<br />to 600 word essays and com-
<br />pleted a timed test which con-
<br />sisted of answering an open
<br />ended question on how they
<br />would persuade someone to
<br />stay in school rather than
<br />dropping out.
<br />They are now eligible to
<br />enter another phase of the
<br />writing competition by submit-
<br />ting another example of their
<br />writing. Christa plans' to enter
<br />a descriptive piece on her
<br />grandmother's home while Jill
<br />is going to enter an essay that
<br />takes a satirical look at small
<br />town life.
<br />"I am very pleased that two
<br />of our students received
<br />awards," said Bill Leach, Ad-
<br />vanced Placement English
<br />teacher. "Anoka High School
<br />as a whole was able to submit
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<br />only six entries, based on the
<br />size of the school. To have two
<br />of our students wip among the
<br />thousands that entered is
<br />quite an honor." _
<br />"I was not at all surprised
<br />that they won. Of all the stu-
<br />,dents I have had, they were
<br />two of the most proficient
<br />writers,"
<br />Jill and Christa said the ad-
<br />vanced placement English
<br />class gave them an opportun-
<br />ity to develop their writing
<br />skill. "The AP class we had
<br />last year was the most valu-
<br />able. I didn't really know I
<br />could write well until I took
<br />that class," said Christa. Jill
<br />agreed, saying the class gave
<br />her "the creative freedom you
<br />really need to write."
<br />The daughter of Mr. and
<br />Mrs. Peter Dahlstrom, Anoka,
<br />Christa plans to study theatre
<br />and communications at North-
<br />western University, Chicago,
<br />after graduation:
<br />Jill plans to major in journal-
<br />ism and mass communication
<br />at the University of Wisconsin,
<br />
<br />Christa Dahlstrom and Jill Jungling, winners in the National Council of
<br />Teachers of English writing contest. with Advanced Placement English
<br />teacher Bill Leach. '
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<br />Jackie Hill, consultant for the Addison.Wesley Publishing Company, show.
<br />ed kindergarten through grade two teachers effective ways for using
<br />manipulative materials and games in teaching mathematics.
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<br />of Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin.Madison, worked
<br />with communicative disorders clinicians in the fall staff development pro.
<br />gram. They discussed practical school application of language analysis.
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