Newtown Federation Of Teachers Praises Its Peers

By LARISSA LYTWYN

Published: Dec 26, 2003 12:00 am

Newtown Federation Of Teachers

Praises Its Peers

The Newtown Federation of Teachers has made note of the following achievements by some of its members:

Newtown Middle School Newspaper Club advisor Susan Lang and Technology Team advisor Jennifer Tarabulski attended a workshop October 3 presented by Fox 61 news on student-produced news stories. Ms Tarabulski leads professional development workshops for teachers districtwide. Her most recent offerings have included workshops on using the districtâs email server, Rubric Maker and Teacher Web. Ms Lang and Ms Tarabulski plan to team up the Newspaper and Technology Club to produce news stories for submission to Fox 61 for possible airplay and prizes.

Newtown Middle School teachers Wendy Bowen, Ron Chivinski, Julie Farias, Susan Lang, Oona Mulligan, Linda Dale Mulholland, Alice Privalaski, Ray Shupenis, and Fran Simone attended the Developing Comprehensive Reporting Systems for Student Grading conference. The attendees shared the information they learned with colleagues during a Newtown staff development meeting November 4.

Newtown Middle School Guidance Counselor Susan Connelly has used the lessons she gleaned from an extensive crisis intervention workshop in summer 2001 with 50 district crisis team members. Under Ms Connellyâs direction, the team focused on delivering crisis intervention debriefing sessions and made classroom presentations to students and staff on how to prepare for an school/district/community crisis.

For more information on submitting a âprofessional accoladeâ to a colleague, contact Newtown High School Chairs Paula Greenfield and Candi Dietter at 426-7646.

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I attended the meeting, and the results were reached after extensive discussion. Thats why its important to attend these high profile meeting, you see the facts yourself, As Alex, in the following letter, said the solution is not always more rules and legislation. Speaking to each other often solves issue a lot quicker with more flexibility.

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