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| Written by Danetta Barker | |
| Wednesday, 03 March 2010 | |
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By Danetta Barker Editor A Fleming County student recently earned national attention for her dedication to teaching. Allison Conley decided years ago that she wanted to teach students with disabilities. That goal placed her in the MSU College Cadets, a program with Morehead State that provides students with dual credit for courses. One of the class assignments is writing lesson plans. Conley wrote a plan for the book “A Very Hungry Caterpillar,” written by Eric Carle. She altered the plan for special education classes and submitted it in competition. Conley, a junior, won second place in the nation for her Lesson Plan at the Future Educators Association National Conference in San Antonio in February. She had won first place at the Kentucky FEA conference in November, having competed with more than 40 other state FEA members in that event, according to teacher Melinda Thomas. “She is in my dual credit college education course and works as a peer mentor with special education students daily; and plans to become a teacher,” Thomas said. “This national award is tremendous.” Conley’s lesson plan is very detailed and begins with the objective that includes a list of days of the week and the food items eaten by the caterpillar. Students were to match the food with the days it was eaten. Using the book, a Smart Board, scanned images and caterpillar cutouts, Conley taught the lesson to the special education class. She began by introducing herself, and showing pictures. She closed the lesson with an assessment of the lesson and referring back to the days of the week and the food items. “She put a lot of visuals into the lesson,” Thomas said. Conley enjoyed all aspects of the project, developing the lesson plan, teaching the plan and the competition. Connecting with students was her favorite part. “I became a peer tutor for the special education classes and really liked the students,” Conley said. “I decided I wanted to teach special education.” As for the competition, it came the week San Antonio was covered with nearly a foot of snow. Conley, the rest of the class and Thomas were not sure they could make it to Texas. Thomas said during the days trying to get to San Antonio Conley never complained, never worried about not getting there. “I just go with the flow,” Conley said. Other students who went to the competition are: Val Ufer, Sarah Glass, Hannah Bryant, Lindsay Miller, Cameron Earlywine, chase Whisman and Blake Fawns. |
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