Polk County Public Schools, Community
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Reading
Purcell Elementary
Ruth has 22 years experience. She is considered a key member in her school improving the reading scores of its lowest performing students by 22 percentage points in one year. She effectively dives into data to determine a student’s strengths and weaknesses to form an action plan for improvement. For three consecutive years, Ruth has led presentations at the Just Read! Florida Leadership Conference for teachers, administrators and officials. She has special expertise with parent and family involvement. She organized parent workshops titled “Donuts for Dad and Muffins for Mom” that created an engaging atmosphere where parents learned how to assist their children with reading. Through her relentless parent contact and recruiting, she has held parent workshops with more than 500 in attendance.
Foodservice
Dixieland Elementary
Cindy has 12 years experience. She is a highly decorated foodservice manager. She has won statewide quality awards for her dining room on four different occasions. Presentation of her school’s dining room and its meals are impeccable. Customer service is her daily agenda. She know students by name, what flavor of milk they prefer and their favorite fruit. She adds to the math curriculum by leading lessons on nutritional servings. Students learn about fractions and percentages based on servings. Students love the interaction making math come alive when she hosts these lessons in the dining room. Cindy will also visit classrooms and present lessons on the food pyramid. Cindy designates one week each month in her dining room as “Lunch And A Book” as students are encouraged to read a book with lunch.
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