Ready, Set, Teach
A blog about two beginning teachers, on opposite coasts, working to increase student achievement.
Mollie Dickson
My name is Mollie Dickson and I am currently a first year teacher. Having explored many different career opportunities, I have ultimately chosen to pursue my passion to teach. This is my story...
Please feel free to contact me with questions or comments at readysetteach@gmail.com.
Melissa Mullineaux
Hello! My name is Melissa Mullineaux and I am a first-year teacher. I am teaching 6th grade English at a public middle school in Washington, D.C. I interned for the Chalkboard Project assisting in management of the CLASS Project during the summer of 2009. I look forward to sharing the many challenges and highlights of my first year!
Recent Blog Entries
When in doubt, ask the experts: your students
Mar 17 2010
Turning "Problems" into Possibilities
Mar 08 2010
Building a Student's Textual Lineage
Mar 08 2010
Team Pencil Pushers: Building community, purpose, and spirit
Feb 16 2010
Can I really do this all over again next year?
Feb 08 2010
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Disclaimer:
The Chalkboard Project is hosting this blog as a way to further the discussion about K-12 schools in Oregon. The authors' views do not necessarily reflect the policies and priorities of the Chalkboard Project.
An Addition to Ready, Set, Teach
Posted on Sep 24 2009 at 4:37 PM
By Chalkboard Administrator
Chalkboard is grateful to Mollie Dickson for sharing her experiences in the education world over the last year. As she navigated her Masters in Education program and her first student-teaching opportunities, Mollie shared with us her excitement, frustrations, joys and successes. We congratulate her on her significant achievements!
Now, as Mollie moves in to her new position as a 7th grade Language Arts teacher, she will be joined on this blog by a fellow first-year teacher. Melissa Mullineaux, our summer CLASS intern, will be blogging from her own 6th grade classroom in Washington, DC. Readers will get the chance to see how similar or different the experiences of two first-year teachers can be.
We encourage readers to engage with Mollie and Melissa; ask questions, provide feedback, share innovate practices or offer words of encouragement. We share Mollie’s, and now Melissa’s, blog entries as insight into the first-hand experiences of those who have taken on the responsibility of educating our children. We hope that these stories inspire, encourage or inform educators and all Oregonians concerned with the future of our schools.
If you want to read more about the other projects Chalkboard is working on to support teacher effectiveness, click on the links below:
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