{"id":13772,"date":"2018-12-07T11:07:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T18:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=13772"},"modified":"2018-12-07T11:07:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T18:07:48","slug":"still-teaching-after-all-these-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2018\/12\/still-teaching-after-all-these-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Teaching After All These Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

There I was, the first morning of teacher pre-planning week, looking for the table with coffee and rolls. It was a new school for me. I was a new hire. A room full of people, but I knew no one. And there he was! A tall man with curly hair wearing a Colorado College T-shirt! A Colorado College T-shirt in Atlanta, Georgia? I introduced myself. He couldn\u2019t have been nicer. He said he also had graduated from CC and had worn the T-shirt in my honor. What a wonderful, thoughtful thing to do! And that is how I met fellow CC alumnus and our school art teacher Steve Shaw \u201987<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

We teach at the Schenck School in Atlanta, a school for 250 dyslexic children, grades kindergarten through sixth grade. Our classes are small \u2014 10 children with two master teachers. We use a specialized system called the Orton-Gillingham approach to teach children to read, spell, and write the English language.<\/p>\n

Steve, who graduated with a business\/econ major, came to the Schenck School after spending some years working in corporate business and as captain of a tourist sailboat in Florida. After obtaining a degree in education, he has been at the Schenck School teaching art for 20 years.<\/p>\n

After my graduation, I married an Air Force pilot. During 23 reassignment moves, I taught elementary school in nine states and for the Department of Defense. I obtained an M.Ed. at the College of William & Mary, then moved to Atlanta when my husband went to work for Delta Air Lines. I taught at the Westminster Schools for 16 years and came to the Schenck School eight years ago, where I presently teach second grade. Although I will consider retirement in the near future, for now I truly enjoy teaching in this special, happy place \u201cafter all these years!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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