Polk County Public Schools, Staff
The teachers listed below were selected as 2008 Developer Grant Recipients. They were chosen after submitting a description of a program that they had developed and used in their classroom or school. That program was deemed innovative, successful and replicable by a panel of judges. Classroom Developer Grant recipients will receive $600- $400 as a gift and $200 to purchase surplus classroom supplies. School to School Developer grant recipients will receive $1,000- $200.00 as a gift and $800.00 for supplies deemed necessary for the school.
Each teacher/school will have a page dedicated to them in the Idea Catalog of Excellence which is published online. Teachers will also design a booth and present at the 2008 Idea Expo, also this Fall. Teachers from Polk, Hardee and Highlands Counties will be invited to visit the Idea Expo and apply for money to replicate an idea they see they could use in their own classroom or school.
The Teacher to Teacher/School to School Connection is administered by the Polk, Hardee and Highlands Education Foundations.
| Name: | School: | Grant Title: |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Herman | Gibbons Street Elementary | "Whoooo's in the Food Chain?" |
| Dee O'Hern | Janie Howard Wilson Elementary | "Empowering Your Vocabulary with Mrs. Word-a-Holic" |
| Amy Caraway-Harris | Janie Howard Wilson Elementary | "Super Hero Writers Soar Into Action" |
| Hillary Hendrix | Inwood Elementary | "Order Up" |
| Sarah Sesser | Medulla Elementary | "DIBELS Distracters" |
| Sharonda Dunlap | Pinewood Elementary | "The Aztec Empire: Excavation of the Past" |
| Laquindra Dunlap | Lewis Anna Woodbury Elementary | "On the Move" |
| Brent Walker | Babson Park Elementary | "Eighteen Little Musicians" |
| Karen Reece & Amy Till | Bartow Elementary Academy | "Word Power! More Power to You!" |
| Heather Watkins | Caldwell Elementary | "Math Works" |
| Vicki Iliff | Roosevelt Academy | "Multiplication Movies" |
| Janice Katz | Davenport School of the Arts | "Writing, Science and Math through Rocketry" |
| Tonya Gill | Caldwell Elementary | "Magical Magnets" |
| Joe Atchison & Brandi Miller | Caldwell Elementary | "The Twelve Books of Christmas" |
| Sunny Cambron | Medulla Elementary | "Join the Club- Patterns Required" |
| Kay Crews | Zolfo Springs Elementary | "Let's R.O.D.E.O." |
| Brittany McGuire | Park Elementary | "Journey to China: A New Year's Celebration" |
| Laura Sherley | Lake Country Elementary | "Climbing Our Way to Higher Scores with Mountain Math" |
| Gitona Rogers | Lake Country Elementary | "I Want to Talk about ME!" |
| Laura Wells | Zolfo Springs Elementary | "Main Idea" |
| Alana Dewey | Lake Country Elementary | "Making Time for Science in a School Day Crowded with Reading" |
| Name: | School: | Grant Title: |
|---|---|---|
| Karen Murphy | Boone Middle | "Writing Workshop Events" |
| Christy Aycock, Gary Robertson & Elizabeth Kozlowski | Boon Middle | "Math and Science Rally" |
| Melissa Kelly, Joyce Bachman & Elizabeth Hughes | Polk Avenue Elementary | "Organic Gardening with Worms: They Can Dig It!" |
| Kathy Robinson | Lake Country Elementary | "Enrichment Centers for Everyone" |