Mission of Our Class - Upper Middle
- Develop a strong emphasis on identifying and using the innate strengths of these students to minimize and overcome their weaknesses.
- These students’ brains dramatically change and their academic progression must continuously change with them in terms of the level and conplexity of demands placed on them.
- Emphasize the accurate recognition and understanding of academic difficulties and find different succesful ways to mange them.
Janet is the Lead Teacher of the upper level middle grade students. Sometimes in helping adolescents overcome their weaknesses, we neglect to detect and cultivate their strengths.
Yet, in an adult world, what counts most is the strength of an individual’s strengths. Every kid has strengths! They simply await discovery. This is what Janet is especially good at doing. Because of their critical importance and enormous potential for redeeming adolescents, Janet makes strength delineation and management a part of every educational plan for each of her students.
Their affinities—areas of knowledge toward which a student feels a strong attachment—are also vital. Janet seeks to help each student’s affinities evolve into domains of expertise. She helps each one to be an expert at something because she knows that their affinities will not come forth and grow automatically. Instead, she knows her main job is to help them find and exploit their assets. Janet has a gift for fostering experiential learning in his classroom and also strives to help the parents become close partners in educating their child.
Janet graduated from Tennessee Tech University in 1977 with a B.S. in Education degree. Her first teaching job was teaching music for Overton County School system at Rickman, Hardy’s Chapel, and Wilson school.
The rest of her teaching career was in Cumberland County School system. She enjoyed teaching various grade levels and subjects. She specifically taught 7th and 8th grades at Stone Elementary School. She was also involved in student musical productions and other extracurricular activities.
Even though she retired from the public school system in 2007, she feels happier teaching and connecting with children. She also enjoys singing, reading, playing with her dog, and working with her church group. She lives with her dog, Bugar, in Cookeville.
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