All Kinds of Minds Salutes Ruth Rayner
All Kinds of Minds® congratulates 5th grade teacher Ruth Rayner, Oklahoma’s science award winner of the 2004 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Ms. Rayner, a National Board Certified teacher and an active participant in the Schools Attuned® Program, teaches at John Ross Elementary in Edmond, Oklahoma.
(PRWEB) June 20, 2005 -- All Kinds of Minds® congratulates 5th grade teacher
Ruth Rayner, Oklahoma’s science award winner of the 2004 Presidential Awards for
Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Ms. Rayner, a National Board
Certified teacher and an active participant in the Schools Attuned® Program,
teaches at John Ross Elementary in Edmond, Oklahoma.
The Presidential
Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching is the nation's
highest honor for teachers of mathematics and science. The Awards recognize
exemplary K-12 teachers for their contributions in the classroom and to their
profession. Ms. Rayner received a $10,000 award from the National Science
Foundation, a citation signed by the President of the United States, and a paid
trip for her and her husband to Washington, D.C.
The Schools Attuned
Program of All Kinds of Minds is a professional development program that helps
educators understand how the brain is “wired,” various ways that students learn,
patterns of students’ differences in learning and how students’ passions and
strengths can be used to overcome weaknesses within the regular
classroom.
Ms. Rayner, an 11-year teaching veteran who began her Schools
Attuned participation in 2003, has always utilized a child-centered approach to
her teaching. “I have used many techniques in the classroom for years, but
didn’t know why some worked better than others for students. I have since
learned new techniques that have helped all the kids in my class really
blossom,” she said.
"Ruthie Rayner sets a stellar example for other
teachers to follow. We add our accolades to her national award," said Mary-Dean
Barringer, National Director of the Schools Attuned Program.
The Schools
Attuned Program, Oklahoma, is a statewide initiative funded by the legislature
to train public school teachers. Since 2000, All Kinds of Minds has worked in
partnership with the Oklahoma State Department of Education to provide programs
and services.
"The Schools Attuned Program provides a great opportunity
for Oklahoma teachers to improve their skills, and I hope more will take
advantage of the training funded by the state," said Ms. Rayner.
The
Schools Attuned Program is offered free to public school educators throughout
Oklahoma. The next Schools Attuned Program 35-hour Core Course to be held in
Edmond will begin on June 21, 2005. Other courses in Oklahoma will be held in
Shawnee and Broken Arrow (June 23), Deer Creek-Lamont (June 27) Warner and
Guthrie (June 30), Chickasha (July 7), Mounds (July 11), Muldrow (July 14 and
21), Ponca City (July 20), Ardmore (July 21), Enid (July 27) and Muskogee (July
28).
First developed in 1987, the Schools Attuned Program was launched as
a year-round professional development program in 2000. More than 24,000
educators in the U.S. and Canada have participated in the program to date.
The Schools Attuned Program is offered by All Kinds of Minds, a
nonprofit Institute whose mission is to help students who struggle with learning
measurably improve their success in school and life. For further information,
visit the Schools Attuned Program page on the All Kinds of Minds Web site: www.allkindsofminds.org.
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