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My commitment to excellence in teaching and my belief that the arts inspire students to learn and experience the world more creatively are evidenced in the work
I present to you in the teachers and
parents pages of the Monarch Publishers web site.
Dr. Crystal Ball O'Connor
The Resources for Extended Learning section was created by Sharon Kazee, with
additional contributions from Nancy Boyd, Christina Hunter, JoAnna
McCauley, Kathy Miller, and Tom Roe.
Based on the book, Jake and the Migration of the Monarch, from
Monarch Publishers, L.L.C., www.monarchpublishers.com
Meet the Experts
This outstanding work is created by Sharon Kazee, who is a talented educator and arts coordinator in one of the
largest school districts in the nation, Greenville, South Carolina. Sharon invited some of the brightest and best teachers and teacher leaders to lend their expertise in content and development and making natural connections between content areas to meet and enrich standards.
Meet Sharon Kazee: Sharon is the Dean/Vice President
for Arts and Academics for the South Carolina Governor’s School
for the Arts and Humanities. She has a vast background in
education, having served in a variety of teaching and administrative
roles for ages pre-K through college. This experience includes
teaching kindergarten, general music, choral music, and instrumental
music at the elementary and secondary levels, as a Lead Teacher,
an Assistant Principal at Northwest School of the Arts in Charlotte,
North Carolina, and as the Performing Arts Specialist with
Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools. Additionally, she has taught
music education methods classes, music appreciation, and
instrumental music at Wingate College, Converse College, Davidson
College, and the University of the South. Sharon is the
recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the Ben Craig
First Union Outstanding Educator and the Harris Award for Educators
in Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools.
Meet Nancy H. Boyd: Nancy is a 1974 graduate of Coker
College with a double major in Art and Special Education. She
earned an MBE in Elementary Education form Furman University in
1992. With over 27 years as an educator, Nancy taught 2nd
grade in Charleston, S.C. for two years and visual art with
Greenville County Schools since 1975. Nancy also owns an
interior design business.
Meet Kathy Miller: Kathy is the science lab
instructor at Oakview Elementary School in Greenville County, the
largest school district in South Carolina. She was raised on a
dairy farm in Western Pennsylvania and enjoyed the mysteries of
nature as a child. When she realized that many of her students
were not experiencing the wondors of nature, she directed projects
to build outdoor habitats at her school. Through Kathy's
efforts, Oakview students now learn through hands-on activities in
their butterfly garden, apple orchard, blueberry patch, South
Carolina Garden, Pecan Grove, and nature Trail.
If
you have ideas that work well with Jake and the Migration of the
Monarch and would like to share them with other teachers, please
email them to us for possible publication on our web site.
Please send us your name and the name and location of your school as
that we can give you proper credit for your work at
sharethefun@monarchpublishers.com.
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