Filed under: Professional Organization
Name: Teresa A. Watson
Content Area: Middle School Math & Science
Name of primary professional organization: National Middle School Association
Web site address: http://www.nmsa.org/
What journal(s) does this organization publish? Middle School Journal for “Better Futures for Middle Grades Students Begin Today” and Middle Ground for “Fine Arts Across the Curriculum”. They also publish Research in Middle Level Education Online. This peer-reviewed research journal publishes research syntheses, integrative reviews, interpretations of research literature, case studies, action-research, and data based qualitative and quantitative studies. The Family Connection. This free online resource is for busy principals and assistant principals to use with their parent newsletter. You can use the publication “as is”, or cut and paste articles as you see fit. (Cory might find this one useful).
This website offers many useful resources for any education professional. It also provides an avenue to connect to other Middle Level educators and seminars online called webinars as well as opportunities for professional development.
NMSA offers educational research based publications as well as updated standards and an online store.
The membership of NMSA consists of over 30,000 educators. Members receive journals, magazines and online newsletters as well as access to information, materials, and free resources all year long. There are many aspects to membership.
Fee descriptions include:
Individual: eMembership at $50/50, Basic Membership at $65/80 and Club Membership at $95/110 for US and international membership respectively.
College Student—Basic at $40/55
Parent—Basic at $40/55
Retiree—Basic at $40/55.
Institutional (All members must share same physical address.)
eMembership at $159/159 Basic at $219/254 Plus at $349/419 and Club at $549/619
Filed under: NCSCOS
There are five competency goals for Middle School Mathematics for eighth grade. I am expected to teach students how to understand and compute with real numbers, use measurement concepts, understand and use properties and relationships in geometry, graphs and data analysis, and linear relations and functions. My students will be expected to keep up with their prior knowledge and be flexible in their learning habits and learn new strategies. I also hope to add in real-world concepts to help in their understanding of Math.
The NCDPI site offers resources and tasks that I would find helpful and useful especially in my earlier years of teaching. This site is a wonderful resource for a teacher at any stage in their career.
Filed under: Personal
Yesterday my husband finished the remodel of the bathroom. All that’s left there is to paint and tile. (so I guess we’re not really finished with it yet). Jessica loaded up her car with some “stuff” and took it with her yesterday as well. Her room looks like an empty place now. I told Alisa (my 17 year old) that her room looks like my insides feel. She told me to stop being so dramatic. Well, I guess we all have to let go sometime. More later.
Teresa
Filed under: Search Findings
Search Findings – Teresa Watson
The first search engine I used was Google. This led me to several useful sites on Math lessons. Google is a wonderful resource, so I almost always try it first.
The second one I used was Educational Websites for Teachers. I found numerous sites where there are lots of free lesson plans to choose from and lots more advice from veteran teachers which I find to be most helpful.
The third search engine I used was InfoWeb. This one led to the NCDPI where the NCSCOS can be found. As future educators, we all need to be familiar with the standards of our content area and grade. This site also contains information on what the government is doing in respect to budgeting and employment.
All three search engines have the availability to use key search terms and contain a variety of useful information.
Filed under: Autobiography
My name is Teresa Ann Watson. I use my full name because there is another Teresa Watson in our cohort (or there used to be). I will be turning 40 this summer. I have two teenage daughters (18 & 17) and am raising my 5 year old niece. My life has been about my children since my oldest was born. Every decision made has been one that could possibly benefit them later in life. I have been married for 20 years.
After graduation from South Caldwell High School in 1988, I was not encouraged to further my education, so I went to work instead. I didn’t think college was an option for me.
After being laid off in 2005 from Broyhill Furniture, I made the decision to go back to school. So I enrolled at Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute and graduated in 2007 with my Associates Degree in Middle Grades Education. After graduation, I took a job at Bernhardt Furniture Corp. since I also enrolled in the Middle Grades cohort through ASU and was, once again, laid off in November of 2008.
I am looking forward to finishing my Bachelors Degree so I can begin my career as a teacher.
Filed under: Uncategorized
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