Joanna Bacon has been a Kindergarten teacher at West Avenue Elementary School in San Antonio for six years, and she absolutely loves her job. Not only does she demonstrate her affection and concern for her students with heartfelt information and classroom updates for parents, but she also maintains an up to date website with classroom resources for continued education at home. Her approach in the classroom and her approach to technology make Mrs. Bacon an exemplary teacher who manages to make her students excel in the high-stakes assessment environment of Texas and NCLB legislation. She has improved her students' performance on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and does so by grounding learning in a real-world approach to conceptual understanding. Whether her students are dressed as ladybugs and flying around to catch and count paper aphids or asking Mrs. Bacon for an update on Dexter, her dog, I'm sure she's making it an enjoyable learning moment.
Joanna Bacon has been a Kindergarten teacher at West Avenue Elementary School in San Antonio for six years, and she absolutely loves her job. Not only does she demonstrate her affection and concern for her students with heartfelt information and classroom updates for parents, but she also maintains an up to date website with classroom resources for continued education at home. Her approach in the classroom and her approach to technology make Mrs. Bacon an exemplary teacher who manages to make her students excel in the high-stakes assessment environment of Texas and NCLB legislation. She has improved her students' performance on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and does so by grounding learning in a real-world approach to conceptual understanding. Whether her students are dressed as ladybugs and flying around to catch and count paper aphids or asking Mrs. Bacon for an update on Dexter, her dog, I'm sure she's making it an enjoyable learning moment.