This is a 6-day symposium held in Boone, NC by the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University. Topic: The Holocaust as Global History Ms. Wallig's note: This has been an incredible experience, and it is quite difficult to pinpoint one "ultimate take-away." Something that has come up again and again throughout this experience is that nothing about the Holocaust was inevitable. There were always choices for bystanders, collaborators, and perpetrators to make another (better) choice. We need to celebrate the good choices made by those who aided Jewish people during the Holocaust, and we also need to recognize that no one nation made all of the "right" choices during this time. We all have more work to do. And we must remember--all of it, and all facets of it.
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TMSA acquired access to Edmentum, a portfolio of programs/resources designed to supplement student learning. This is a teacher/administrator training to teach us how to use all of the tools this suite of applications provides.
What excited Ms. Wallig the most at this training: The idea that we can use this program to challenge students at whatever level they are at. If a student is struggling with a topic, there are plenty of resources to help. If they have mastered what the class as a whole is working on, they can be challenged further. A four day series of seminars in Ocracoke, NC at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching on the topic of exploring best practices in enhancing literacy, particularly in the middle grades. Program description and schedule is attached. Most valuable thing Ms. Wallig took out of this experience: Enhancing student understanding of author's purpose by teaching variations in text structure as purposeful.
B.A. in English (Teacher Education) from North Carolina State University, 2014
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