The School Connection - June 2005
You can watch the following segments from The School Connection by clicking on each link (you will need the free QuickTime Player from Apple):
Teacher of the Year: Meet Bill Ferriter, a sixth-grade social studies and language arts teacher at Salem Middle School and Wake County’s 2005 Teacher of the Year.
Recruiting High Quality Teachers: The Wake County Public School System expands its search for good teachers beyond North Carolina’s borders.
Spring Teacher Job Fair: This annual recruiting event attracts thousands of candidates hoping to land a teaching position with the Wake County Public School System.
Lateral Entry Teachers: The Answer Man takes a break from his vacation to explain how professionals who do not hold teaching licenses can enter the teaching profession through a process known as lateral entry.
Supporting Teachers: Teaching can be a hard, but extremely rewarding job. The right support helps first-year teachers make the transition and keeps experienced teachers in the classroom.
Wake Education Partnership: The Wake Education Partnership has several programs in place to help support our teachers and strengthen the school system to improve the academic achievement of all students.
Performance: Serendipity, a ballet ensemble from Green Year-Round Elementary School, performs a patriotic routine.
You can watch the full program by clicking here. (You can also download the program to watch later by right-clicking on the link and choosing, "Save Target As....") This is a large (92 megabyte) QuickTime file. If you're on a standard dial-up connection, you might be more satisfied with downloading the individual segments listed above.