Cross Case Features: Teachers

Baker Middle School: Language Arts

Lori Decker, Language Arts

Lori Decker, a sixth-grade language arts teacher, who is currently taking the seminar, learned about it through Claire Alvior, Baker’s media specialist. Lori was personally interested in world religions and philosophies and wanted to introduce an Eastern perspective on these topics to her students as a way to expose them to different points of view. As a language arts teacher in one of the teams that makes curriculum integration a priority, Lori is aware of the ancient civilizations component in the social studies curriculum and is actively seeking to support that learning through her language arts teaching. Although she is only a few months into the NCTA seminar, Lori plans to bring in several resources from the seminar to an “Ancient Cultures Fair.”