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September 21, 2007
Parents for Public Schools (PPS) and the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson recently honored five JPS teachers as 2007 Outstanding Educators. Award winners, shown with representatives of these two organizations, are (from left) Ellen Collins, Director of Programs for the Community Foundation of Greater Jackson, Ruby Funchess of Rowan Middle School, Vonekia Jones of Northwest Middle School, Charolette Taylor of Walton Elementary, Jacqualyn B. Staffney of Clausell Elementary, Marla Moore-Mondie of Jim Hill High, and Cynthia McMillian, president of the Board of Directors of Parents for Public Schools of Jackson. The honor included a cash award of $1,200.
Last Spring, PPS of Jackson asked each school in the district to nominate one or more educators for this award. The application process included a narrative describing how teachers meet the Districtís WOW criteria for student engagement as well as examples of student work and lesson plans. Selection committee members were Betty Byrd, Bell South Pioneers, Dr. Bill Cooley, Systems, Inc., Ada Robinson, Operation Shoestring, and PPS Board members, Joann Mickens and Don Purvis. The qualities that the committee found to be outstanding in these educators are:
- fostering student success;
- dedication to teaching;
- demonstrating a high commitment to student achievement;
- engaging students in challenging and meaningful work; and
- interacting with parents as partners in the education process.
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Lanier Teacher Wins Leadership Award
 Elizabeth Ramsey Wise, an English teacher at Lanier High School, has won a Leadership Development Award from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and Prentice Hall-Pearson Education. The program, which was developed to nurture new leaders, provides early career teachers with $500 to attend the NCTE Annual Convention in New York November 15-18.
Wise was nominated by the Mississippi Council of Teachers of English, an affiliate of NCTE. She will be honored, along with other winners, at a breakfast at the convention on November 17. The NCTE is dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education.
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