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Hayley Lindner

  • ELA Content Leader
  • Success at Thurgood Marshall

How long have you been a teacher and what have you taught?  I started full time teaching eight years ago in fall 2014. I have taught middle school ELA at Dorothy Height (formerly Paul Habans), Alice Harte, and I currently work at Success at Thurgood Marshall. I am the ELA content leader there. Why did you […]

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April Teacher Spotlight

How long have you been a teacher? Where have you taught and where do you currently teach? Grade? Content? I started teaching in 2014 and this is my eighth year as a classroom teacher. I taught 10th grade Geometry at Zachary High School for the first two years of my career. Since moving to Benjamin […]

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December Teacher Spotlight

How long have you been a teacher? This is year 17 for me. That’s a prime number, so I must be in my prime *chuckle, snort* Where have you taught and where do you currently teach? Grade? Content? After teaching in Jefferson Parish during the Hurricane Katrina year (my first), I landed at LCS when it […]

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October Teacher Spotlight

How long have you been a teacher? I have been teaching for 19 consecutive years, meaning this is my 20th year of teaching. I began teaching in Lafayette Parish, at a Title 1 school. I taught 4th grade (self-contained) for 7 years. I am originally from New Orleans, and I always imagined myself giving back […]

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July Teacher Spotlight

Tell us about your teaching experience. I just finished my 6th year teaching, but every year still feels new! That’s one of the things I love about teaching– it is always exciting and challenging in new ways. I currently teach at Phillis Wheatley Community School (a Firstline School) as a Garden Educator with the Edible Schoolyard […]

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May Teacher Spotlight

How long have you been a teacher? Nine years. I see myself as a sophomore in the span of my teaching life. This is my first year at Sci High (NO Charter Science and Math HS), and before this year I was at Frederick Douglass (KIPP) High School for two years. Charter schools are still new […]

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April Teacher Spotlight

How long have you been a teacher? I was a teacher’s assistant for nine years and I’ve been the classroom teacher for three years. I have been at Belle Chasse Academy for 12 years, 11 years in Kindergarten, and I’m currently teaching first grade. I love teaching! Why did you choose teaching? I chose teaching because […]

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March Teacher Spotlight

How long have you been a teacher? This is my 15th year teaching. Where have you taught and where do you currently teach? I graduated in December 2006 from UNO and walked into my first classroom one week later. I had 32 students with no assistant teacher and many of my students did not speak or understand […]

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February Teacher Spotlight

How long have you been a teacher? This is my third full year of teaching! However, while studying abroad, I taught Kindergarten in Ghana for five months which was a very eye-opening and humbling experience!At South Plaquemines Elementary School, I taught second grade for half a year, and third grade for 1.5 years, both self-contained […]

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