Corrine Dekkers – M. S. Self Contained Teacher

Corinne is completing her first year of teaching. She comes to us from the Arizona Teaching Fellows program. Corinne is a teacher in the middle school’s self-contained classroom. She has a well-organized classroom, and a large part of her position is collaborating with three para-educators in her room, an occupational therapist, physical therapist, nurses, and a speech-language pathologist. All have been impressed the competence and knowledge she has brought to the job.  Corinne demonstrates patience with her students and a calm demeanor overall. - Christy Rodriguez

Jessica Pranke – M. S. Resource Room Reading Teacher

Jessica Pranke – Jessica is completing her second year of teaching. She teaches in the middle school’s resource room reading class. The middle school resource room teachers have had the largest class sizes and caseloads for writing IEPs of any school in the district. Jessica has not complained – she has completed her requisite paperwork on time and teaches five periods of reading intervention to students who are below grade level. She assists the special education teachers in her department with technology advice.  - Christy Rodriguez

Kim Bigman – M. S. Resource Room Writing Teacher

Kim is completing her first year and a half of teaching. She joined us in January of 2012 to step in when we had a resource room teacher leave.  Kim teaches middle school resource room writing. She creates interactive PowerPoints for her lessons. Special education teachers have numerous meetings to attend, and extensive paperwork (IEPs, progress reports, and transition plans) to complete – and Kim completes her paperwork on time. She graduated from Page High School, and we’re lucky she returned to teach in our system.  - Christy Rodriguez

Andrew Larive – M.S. Resource Room Math Teacher

Andrew is completing his third year of teaching. He teaches middle school resource room math. The middle school resource room teachers have the largest class sizes and caseloads for writing IEPs of any school in the district. Andrew has not complained – he completes his requisite meetings and paperwork and teaches five periods of math interventions to students who are below grade level. He is the head of the middle school special education department, and he is a member of the school’s PRIDE team.  -Christy Rodriguez