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3/19/2019

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To begin, please share with everyone your name, school district, title, background in education, and what you hope to accomplish by attending this online workshop.

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Lori Hurtgam

3/22/2019 06:52:48 am

Hi, my name is Lori Ohanessian Hurtgam. I am a Consultant Teacher at Lewiston-Porter High School. It is my 8th year teaching at Lew-Port. This year I work with 9th grade students in Intro. to Algebra, CC Algebra, and Living Environment. I am certified in mathematics 5-12 and special education 7-12.
Out of this course, I am hoping to gain information about how best to engage my high school students in the learning process. It can be difficult to hook them into the learning process, so any tips or tricks are much appreciated.

Julie Webber

3/24/2019 04:05:40 am

Good morning... I am the Principal at Oak Orchard Elementary in Medina. I started as a secondary French and Spanish teacher. Making the jump to the primary level has been a great learning opportunity.

In this course, I hope to gain insight on how to help teachers 'guide' students in their learning rather than 'lead'. We have done some exploration with new social studies and science standards and one of the biggest areas of teacher anxiety is releasing control to the students to discover their learning. I hope this course gives me research based approaches to share with staff.

Sean McDonnell

3/25/2019 09:06:48 am

Hello, my name is Sean McDonnell and I am a Special Education teacher at Newfane High School. I have currently been teaching in Newfane for 10 years. I work in both 9th and 10th grade as a consultant teacher and a 15:1 Global Studies teachers.

I hope to understand how to find more engaging ways to get my students to learn. I am working more and more on having students be in charge of their learning by making things more hands on in the classroom.

Kim Mitchell

3/25/2019 11:28:29 am

Hello, my name is Kim Mitchell and I am currently a Special Education teacher at the Roy-Hart Learning Center in Gasport. I am currently teaching fourth and fifth grade students with significant cognitive delays.
I am hoping to learn more ways to keep my students engaged in the classroom. My students love to assist with daily activities. It will be very interesting to hear other educator's suggestions.

Katie Toub

3/26/2019 07:08:37 am

Hi mt name is Katie Toub. I am a third grade teacher in Medina NY. I have been teaching in Medina for 12 years, spending 4 years in first grade and 8 in third grade.

I'm hoping that I can use this course to make some changes to the overall teaching approach I use in my classroom, as well as the kids of work I have my students using during my inquiry time block in the classroom. I am also hoping to find new and engaging strategies that I can use during other content area instruction throughout the day as well.

Kyle Hurtgam

3/26/2019 07:52:54 pm

Hi Everyone,
My name is Kyle Hurtgam and I am a 9th, 10th, 12th grade consultant teacher at Lewiston-Porter High School. This is my 9th grade teaching and 4th year at Lewiston-Porter. I spent my first 2 years teaching math at Cuba-Rushford and then 3 years at CleveHill as a high school co-teacher. I am hoping to learn some new strategies to get students engaged in learning and make learning more authentic.

Lisa Shoop

3/28/2019 08:37:41 am

My name is Lisa Shoop and I have taught 5th grade for 11 years in N.C. Through this course, I hope to find new ways to improve engagement in the classroom.

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