Scroggins ES educator named Bilingual Teacher of the Year
2013 May 2
Maria Elena Galan was named the 2013 Bilingual Teacher of the Year by the Houston Area Association for Bilingual Education (HAABE) during a special ceremony held on April 27.
Galan was nominated by her principal San Juana Elizando. You can read the full story here.
Congratulations also go out this week to:
- Finalists for H-E-B’s Excellence in Education awards. HISD candidates for 2013 include Dr. Mary Velasquez (Burbank MS) in the Lifetime Achievement category for teachers, and Mike Walker (Fondren ES) and Dr. R. Scott Allen (HSPVA) in the School Principals categories (elementary and secondary, respectively). See the full list here.
- Secondary Mathematics Curriculum Manager Monica Kendall, who has been chosen to present a paper at the Social Psychology of the Classroom International Conference at the University of Auckland in New Zealand July 15–18. Dr. Kendall’s paper, “Effects of Classroom Management of Cooperative Learning on Student Engagement in Five Urban High School Mathematics Classrooms,” is based on the doctoral research she conducted with HISD teachers in 2010–2011 and is representative of the conference theme, “Building Positive Environments for Learners.” She has previously presented her research in 2012 at the American Educational Research Association and at the International Conference for Interpersonal Relationships in Education.
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Congratulations for this award .I think you are an example for all teachers.