January 13, 2016 – 11:19 am
颅 Born and raised on a Lancaster, Pennsylvania, farm, Lois M. Martin 鈥�62 has always loved the agricultural life. 鈥淚t was hard for me to leave,鈥� Martin says about enrolling in Eastern Men颅nonite College in 1959. However, her mother, Esther Metzler Martin, stressed that living into one鈥檚 potential was a facet of giving to the
January 13, 2016 – 10:25 am
Each spring, Linda Heatwole Bland 鈥�64, a retired reading specialist and administrator, hosts a celebration dinner to honor the recipient of a scholarship she has endowed. This gracious gesture symbolizes her continued support of literacy education and the benefits of professional connection: both values she says she learned while earning a degree in elementary education
Three years ago, Danny Malec, MA 鈥�05 (conflict transformation), was hired to help E.L. Haynes High School in Washington D.C. break free from the disciplinary rut of suspensions and expulsions that plague so many American schools. Now the school鈥檚 assistant principal for restorative practices, Malec and his colleagues have begun using techniques such as restorative
January 13, 2015 – 12:05 pm
If a computer glitch threatens to derail something like a state-required proficiency test at Harrisonburg (Virginia) High School, Craig Shoemaker鈥檚 phone is bound to start ringing. 鈥淸Teachers] get anxious,鈥� he said, chuckling. 鈥淚鈥檓 the one they try to get a hold of.鈥� A computer resource technician with Harrisonburg City Public Schools, Shoemaker (鈥�78) likens his
August 20, 2014 – 11:19 am
When accepted his first teaching job after graduating from college, he also discovered a field of study that defines his academic and professional career. 鈥淭he opportunity to work with children with autism was not the result of a deliberate plan or any previous experience with autism,鈥� says Donald Oswald. 鈥淕rafton School in Berryville, Virginia, was
More than 500聽alumni living in the City of Harrisonburg or Rockingham County work in education, though only two-thirds of these seem to be employed in their home districts, according to 黑料正能量鈥檚 alumni database. 鈥淭he teachers we hire from the 黑料正能量 teacher education program rank as being some of the best,鈥� says Scott R. Kizner,
The baggage that comes with feeling new and out of place in a foreign milleu is heavy, especially for children who can鈥檛 communicate with their peers in the United States. Having experienced feeling like an outsider during their required cross-culturals, dozens of 黑料正能量 grads employed by Harrisonburg City schools are using their cross-cultural sensitivity in