This is Linda Harts Contract for Grades Proposals for Cohort 3. Second semester February 1999

Proposal #1

In early February 1999, I attended a Bureau of Education & Research seminar in Minneapolis. Susan Hixson presented useful ideas from her resource handbook titled Making the Best Use of the Internet and Other Technology Tools in Your Classroom Program (Grades K-2). I would like to write about the seminar and share practical ideas learned from taking this computer seminar.

Proposal #2 I have started a tutoring program with a Proctor High School junior named Kristi. Kristi is very interested in becoming an elementary teacher. With the cooperation of her high school guidance counselor, Kristi will receive 1/2 credit for volunteering an hour each day in my first grade classroom. Kristi is using her study hall and lunch time to create this tutoring experience. I have matched Kristi with a first grade girl who needs one on one help in reading and writing. Kristi and I will work on setting goals for this tutoring experience. We are talking of expanding this program because more high school students are showing an interest in volunteering and tutoring during the school day. I look forward to sharing the results of this new partnership.

-- Anonymous, February 21, 1999