Charlotte Teachers Institute honored 94 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teachers in December for accomplishments that include the writing of 1,900 pages of new curriculum accessible by teachers worldwide.
The teachers, called CTI Fellows, completed CTI seminars led by Davidson College and UNC Charlotte professors. They expanded the impact of what they were learning by developing the new curriculum units for their own students, and for other teachers via the CTI and Yale National Initiative (YNI) websites. CTI recognized Fellows’ work at its 2012 Fellows’ Finale Celebration at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.
The educators represent every grade level, with 29 elementary, 25 middle and 40 high school teachers. They teach subjects ranging from art to biology, world history to foreign languages and ESL, language arts and costume design to physics, and math to technology.
“Together, these teachers spent nearly 3,000 hours attending CTI seminars at Davidson College and UNC Charlotte,” said CTI Executive Director Scott Gartlan. “In addition, they spent time reading and researching, and writing the original curriculum units. They plan to share their curriculum units with nearly 500 other CMS teachers, and 7,425 CMS students will learn from the units the teachers created this year.”
The Charlotte Teachers Institute is an educational partnership among Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Davidson College and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, working to improve teaching in CMS. CTI cultivates content-knowledge, creativity, leadership skills and collaboration within and among Charlotte’s public school teachers.
CTI provides teachers and higher education faculty with a transformative experience that changes their teaching forever, Gartlan said. This year’s Fellows have collectively taught for over 1,080 years, or 11.6 years per teacher. Of those combined years, they have taught 807 in CMS. They plan to teach a combined 1,177 additional years.
Each CTI Fellow received three continuing education units and a stipend for seminar completion. Additionally, each Fellow is now eligible to apply to attend the YNI Summer Intensive Seminars at Yale University in July 2013.
The honored teachers are listed below.
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SCHOOLS |
EDUCATORS |
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Albemarle Road Elementary |
Melanie Kirschner |
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Bailey Middle |
Lysa Craig |
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Alexandra Edwards |
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Nicki Kincaid |
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Jennifer Ladanyi |
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Jann Peck |
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Stacy Small Swanson |
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Bain Elementary |
Jennifer Dalesandro |
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Krystal Guevara |
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Barringer Academic Center |
Lisa Ashworth |
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Lucy Beaube |
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Mindy Passe |
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Elouise Payton |
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Carmel Middle |
Ella Boyd |
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Julie Ruziska Tiddy |
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Clear Creek Elementary |
Jashonai Payne |
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Cochrane Collegiate Academy |
La Tanya Sanford |
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Collinswood Language Academy |
Karen Donaldson |
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Croft Community School |
Kristin Arko |
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David Cox Road Elementary |
Lyndsay Burns |
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Torrieann Dooley |
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Davidson Elementary |
Nicole Fraser |
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Troy Gray |
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Margaret Hershey-Mason |
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Robin McLennon |
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East Mecklenburg High |
Lawrence Bosc |
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Rochelle Gray |
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Jeff Joyce |
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Debra Semmler |
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May Winiarski |
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Connie Wood |
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Eastway Middle |
Jose Rios |
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Elizabeth Traditional Elementary |
Courtney Pender |
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Cynthia Woolery |
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Francis Bradley Middle |
Colleen Casey |
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Monica Echols |
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Kathryn Vey |
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Megan Citeroni Woazeah |
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Harding University High |
Gloria Brinkman |
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Madalina Corneanu |
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Melissa Yoch |
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Independence High |
Tamara Babulski |
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Matthew Kelly |
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Susan Sparks |
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Katie Willett |
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Emily Williams |
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Michelle Zachrich |
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Irwin Academic Center |
Daniel Barber |
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J.V. Washam Elementary |
Emily Abernathy |
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Jennifer Sieracki |
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James Martin Middle |
StaceyAnne Hartberger |
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Jay M. Robinson Middle |
Courtney Armstrong |
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Mark Buzzee |
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Brittany Head |
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John M. Morehead STEM Academy |
Kia Dessaure |
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Lansdowne Elementary |
Miesha Gadsden |
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David Morway |
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Lincoln Heights Elementary |
Lakesha Heath |
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Christie Johnson |
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Mallard Creek High |
Leah Conway |
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Elizabeth Lasure |
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Patrick O'Neil |
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Viloki Patel |
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Martin Luther King Middle |
Stefanie Carter-Dodson |
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Myers Park High |
Tiffany DiMatteo |
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Janet Raybon |
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Nathaniel Alexander Elementary |
DeShea Jones |
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North Mecklenburg High |
Amy Strong |
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Northwest School of the Arts |
Wendy Kimball |
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Lucinda Supernavage |
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Barbara Wesselman |
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Oakdale Elementary |
Minnie Griffin |
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Benjamin Lewis |
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Providence High |
Sean Baker |
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Lindsey Elkins |
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Marva Hutchinson |
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Susan Jenkins |
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Randolph Middle |
Lakeirra Booth |
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Delee Hall Marciano |
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Sarah Hunt |
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Michael Pillsbury |
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South Charlotte Middle |
Randall Carswell |
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Vance High |
Allison Baker |
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W.A. Hough High |
Elizabeth Brang |
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Torrie Edwards |
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Julie McConnell |
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Stephanie Misko |
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Morgan Andrews |
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West Charlotte High |
Kurma Murrain-Collins |
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Ingryd Soto |
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Monica Trujillo |
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Whitewater Middle |
Intisar Hamidullah |
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Winding Springs Elementary |
Deborah Jung |
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Paula Williams |
