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Science for All Children A Guide to Improving Elementary Science Education in Your School District (1997) / Chapter Skim
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East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Pages 153-157

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From page 153...
... Sheila Emonet, a fourth-grade teacher at Lanier Elementary School, is a 1995 Presidential Award recipient who has earned national recognition for excellence in teaching science. Around East Baton Rouge, however, she's best known as the teacher who "does those bones." A second-grade unit on bones and skeletons may be Emonet's greatest claim to local fame, but her interest in inquiry-based science is broad and long-standing.
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From page 154...
... For this reason, Morgan speaks with special pricle of the parish's staff development program. All teachers must have at least three hours of experiential training with a new science moclule before they can check the kit out of the Science Resource Center.
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... The mentors model effective teaching practices; the lead teachers try out new techniques and receive feedback. "Our Whole Thinking Has Changed" For Rispone, participation in the mentoring program was an irreplaceable experience.
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From page 156...
... Elementary Leadership Institute in 1992, and she remains actively involved in the program. Accountability is an important feature of the successful relationship that has been estate fished between Dow en cl school district leaclers, she notes.
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... Having a major role in ensuring that resources are well allocated en cl gaps are overcome is Lola Soileau, science supervisor and principal investigator for the NSF grant. Soileau is an advocate for elementary school science with the board of education, which allocates funds to cover the cost of kits and supplies that exceed the resources provicled by Dow.
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