VOL 1.

- SPRING ISSUE

THE BEAT
GETTING YOU ON BEAT   -   KEEPING YOU ON BEAT

In this issue How to Make the HOLD AN AWARDS CEREMONY

End of the Year Rarely do we get the opportunity to take

time to just celebrate all the wonderful
Meaningful and qualities our students possess and display
Member Spotlight throughout the school year. Take some time
Memorable in these last few weeks to hold a fun event
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BY HOPE SHIELDS where you provide each student with a
certificate celebrating what makes them
Once testing is complete, it can be difficult special. You can find lists of fun silly awards
to keep students' (and teachers') minds on online.
Civication Update school work. 
THE INSIDE SCOOP
Page 2 Ask your students to provide your incoming
With that in mind, here are some fun and
class with advice for how to survive your
unique ways to spend the last few days of
class and grade. Come up with a list of fun
the school year. While showing a movie or
questions, like:
giving your class opportunities to sign
Upcoming Events
yearbooks kill time, these activities will
Page 3 make your students reflect on their school
My favorite lesson this year was…,
If you don’t want to upset the teacher, don’t…,
year and provide you with useful feedback.
One thing I wish I knew in September was…
Perhaps most importantly, it will leave
your students with fun, positive memories
Your class will love giving the “inside scoop”
of their experience in your classroom that
to their younger schoolmates (and you’ll
they will take with them when they go.
love reading their responses!). Compile all
responses and you’ll have a fun bulletin board or book to share Have them start with the first day of school and offer some
with your new pupils next fall. suggestions for other “data points,” like field trips, dances, snow

MY YEAR ON A GRAPH days, holidays, big tests or projects, etc. Then, the students can

Review graphing skills, get some good feedback from your students rate how good or bad these events were to them and plot them

and have fun all at the same time. In this activity, students will  on a graph. If desired, have them create their graphs on poster

create a graph of the “highs” and “lows” of their past ten months. board so they can illustrate each event.

Ask students to list their best and worst moments of the year.  Source: http://www.teachhub.com/

Member Spotlight
Melissa Lamar is currently the Functional Skills teacher at
Rivercrest Elementary.  She has been a Special Education
Teacher for 32 years, and she has served in several different
schools in various Special Education settings.  She has been a
member of NEA for 31 years, and she says she would never
teach in a classroom without it!  

No matter the school or the students she served, she could

always be counted on to give her students the absolute best of
her care and expertise.  Ms. Lamar has a special way of being
able to reach even the most difficult to reach child, and she
possesses the unique ability to take her students far beyond
what others may think the child capable of doing. 

In addition to her skills in the classroom, Ms. Lamar never

hesitates to share her amazing depth of knowledge and skills
with other teachers, whether they are based in special
education or the regular classroom.  Those who know Ms. Lamar often refer to her as being a miracle worker after observing
her talents working with students.  Ms. Lamar is an extraordinary, dedicated teacher who gives her best each and every day for
her students. We are proud to have Ms. Lamar as a member of the Bartlett Education Association.

Educators Meet with Lawmakers at Civication

Over Spring Break, educators from Bartlett, as well as across
the state of Tennessee, descended upon the Capitol to meet
fact to face with legislators responsible for passing
legislation that affect us in our classrooms daily. 

BEA president, Shon Myers met with Representative_______.

Myers said, "

Association vice president Nicole Mordhart had a one-on-

one with Representative ___________, saying, " 

Attendees also had the opportunity to attend House and Senate Education Committee meetings to witness first the process of
policy-making. The Bartlett Education Association would love have an even larger presence at next year's Civication. Most of our
representatives haven't set foot in a classroom since childhood and need to hear from us on how policy is affecting us and our
students. 

BARTLETT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

 UPCOMING EVENTS
BEAT MONDAY 
March 26     
4:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m. See a TEA
Rock N Roll Sushi - 2886 Wolf Creek Pkwy
event you'd like
TEA MINORITY AFFAIRS CONFERENCE to attend?
March 23-24
Embassy Suites by Hilton - Cool Springs
http://www.teateachers.org/minority-affairs-conference Talk to an
Association
Representative
TEA ESP CONFERENCE
April 21
Tennessee Education Association Building - Nashville in your building
http://www.teateachers.org/esp-conference
about how BEA
BEAT MONDAY can help with
April 23     
4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
the cost of
Location to be Determined attendance.
TEA SPRING SYMPOSIUM
April 13-14
The Park Vista Doubletree by Hilton - Gatlinburg
Click to Follow Us on
http://www.teateachers.org/tea-spring-symposium-3
Social Media
TEA REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
May 18-19
Embassy Suites by Hilton - Murfreesburo

BARTLETT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION