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July 12, 2008Secretary Spellings Announces 25 Teachers Selected For Teaching Ambassador Fellowships |
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From Education Newsfeed: U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced 25 teachers have been selected for Teaching Ambassador Fellowships (TAF) with the U.S. Department of Education for 2008-2009. Five Washington Fellows will become full-time U.S. Department of Education employees in Washington, D.C., for one year, and 20 Classroom Fellows will remain in their classrooms and participate in the program through part-time projects. More than one thousand teachers across the U.S. applied for the Fellowships, which offer highly motivated, innovative public school teachers the opportunity to contribute their knowledge and experience to the national dialogue on public education. "I look forward to welcoming the Fellows to Washington next week and know we will benefit from their knowledge and experience in the classroom. Steven Hicks teaches kindergarten and first grade at Accelerated Charter School in Los Angeles, Calif. Bobbi Houtchens teaches high school English and English as a Second Language (ESL) at Arroyo Valley High School in San Bernardino, Calif. Julie Shively teaches gifted 4th and 5th grade math at Margaret Winn Holt Elementary School in Lawrenceville, Ga. Steven Berbeco teaches Arabic language, U.S. and world history, AP government and politics at Charlestown High School in Charlestown, Mass. Jennifer Cloud teaches math at South Kingstown High School in Wakefield, R.I. Jeanine Gelhaus teaches 8th grade science at Medford Middle School in Medford, Wis. Maya Martin-Bugg teaches 8th grade language arts, with a focus on American literature and writing, at Durham School of the Arts in Durham, N.C. Nicora Placa will be teaching math at Emolior Academy, a new middle school in the Bronx, N.Y. Tammie Schrader teaches 7th grade math and science at Cheney Middle School in Cheney, Wash.
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