2019-2020 PL CHAMP COHORT 1

Meet the 2019-2020 PL Champs! Each member is a KPBSD practitioner with boots on the ground dedicated to collaborating with their peers in the interest of making of education for students the best it can be!
Rachel Ciccarone
Homer High
PL Focus: Getting high school students to stay engaged while using stations.
Alana Greear
K-Selo Grades K-2
PL Focus: How to make the young scholars in my care experience the magic of learning?​
Meredith McCullough
KCHS ELA
PL Focus: How to increase student agency and desire to LEARN, rather than being focused on a grade alone.
Lisa Gossett
Tustumena Gr.3-5
PL Focus: How can I effectively and meaningfully include technology into each student's PL experience.
Collette Choate
Homer FLex ELA
PL Focus: How does  a professional community help my students learn? How do I measure that ?
Jen Booz
Homer MS Science
PL Focus: Developing a system learning based grading while encouraging student-driven goals & reflection?
Kristen Davis
KCHS Science
PL Focus: What do my kids really want to learn about in my course, and how can they connect this to their own lives?
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Joanna Nichols
Razdolna - Gr. 4-6
PL Focus: How do I solve a problem using the most efficient and effective strategy?
Mike Gustkey
Kenai Middle Social Studies
PL Focus: When can I get more sleep?
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Carlyn Nichols
Seward mS Science
PL Focus: How to effectively implement inquiry/project based learning into my blended Canvas? And grade it in a standards based system? 
Billeen Carlson
Niko ​ELA/SS 7-12
PL Focus: I would like to collect data on the impact of teaching SEL and Habits of Mind on student performance in my classroom.
James Perzechino
Tebughna Gr. 6-8
PL Focus: How to get reluctant readers to become avid readers? 

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Dina Marion
Paul Banks K-2
PL Focus: Finding the balance between directing student choice and turning over control.
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Heather Baker
K-Beach 3-5
PL Focus: When should we supply feedback vs. grades? What needs to be graded? Do graded assignments need to be the same for each student?
Amy Angleton
Skyview ELA
PL Focus: How can I modify to meet this students individual needs?
Jean Garcia - Beck 
Seward El - gr. 5
PL Focus: How can I motivated the non-intrinsic students in my classroom?!
Tamra Wear
Sohi Librarian
PL Focus: How to continually introduce topics that students care about when their world is moving farther and farther away from tangibles.
Anna Leah Karron
RCA Social Studies
PL Focus: What skills am I teaching my students that will help them be successful?

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Beth Schott
W. Homer Gr. 3-5
PL Focus: What types of self-reflection tools help to target academic growth in reading and math?
Nikki Stein
Nikiski N. Star 3-5
PL Focus: I promise my students every day  that I will help them learn, so I'm always asking "What will help you learn?"
Lindsey May
Sterling Intensive
PL Focus: How can I meaningfully include my students into general education setting through the use of personalized learning?
Sarah Harless-Singer
NKMHS ELA/SPAnish
PL Focus: How to use data to drive student groups & curriculum?
Amy Budge
McNeil Canyon k-6
PL Focus: Exploring ways to make IEPs for students more personalized.
Hannah Dolphin
Mtn view - grade 6
PL Focus: How can I make every assignment and activity meaningful and effective for each student?
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Sarah Milam
Mt. View K-2
PL Focus: How can I get my students to be more confident in making choices that they know are best for their own learning?
Kim Leslie
Distance Ed Sci
PL Focus: What is ideal balance between standards-driven tasks & student-driven tasks?
Heidi Stokes
Chapman K-2
PL Focus: How can I use flexible content to enhance my students' learning?

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Angie Brown
SoHi Math
PL Focus: How to give more choice in the math classroom when we are guided by the district's pacing guide without creating more work for the teacher?

More Profiles to come...

Meredith Davis
​​Kersten Gomez
Kevin Harding
​Penny Bearden
Shanna Demlow