Intro for a new year

Mr. Parker!

            Hello, I’m Scott Parker. I’m in the system as John, but it doesn’t count if even your parents don’t call you that, so call me Scott (if you’re not supposed to be calling me Mr. Parker).

            I was born in Florida, at McDill AFB, in 1976. My dad was in the Air Force, so we lived several places over the course of my childhood, including California, Las Vegas, Oklahoma, and here in North Carolina. I had never been out of the country prior to earlier this year, when I took a trip to Hong Kong as a Study Abroad student. All you students that are going to college, I highly recommend you take the opportunity to do this at some point. The expansion of your horizons is good for you, and will create memories that will last.

Hong Kong, as seen from The Peak

            Feel free to explore the other pages for more about me, and watch this space for more about our class together.

Paper Management

Teachers have been asked here to limit their copies. It was reported to me to be budgetary.

Under this paradigm, teachers have been required to innovate. One method I observed was that Ms. Carter, instead of making copies for all the classes, makes enough copies for one class, then puts the pages in plastic sleeves. The students then complete the work in their own notebooks. Previously used papers are saved for future use.

Intro

This blog is a chronicle of my internships for the School of Education at UNCG. I was assigned to Eastern Guilford High School, in Ms. Carter's class. This class has ESL and EC students, and serves as teaching for reading strategies. The specific name of the class is Strategic Reading.