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The 2023 Don Goff Innovative Instruction Award
The Don Goff Innovative Instruction Award was presented to two Cleveland City Schools teachers at the system’s opening session on July 31. Siema Swartzel, Arnold Memorial Elementary School, and Mindy Kiser, George R. Stuart Elementary School, were the recipients. …
The 2023 Lillie F. Fitzgerald Excellence in Teaching Award
At the Bradley County Schools opening convocation, the annual Fitzgerald award for excellence in teaching was given to Denise George, Librarian/Media Specialist at Charleston Elementary STEAM Academy. This award, in honor of Lillie Frank Fitzgerald, was established in 2005 by her …
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2022 Lillie F. Fitzgerald Excellence in Teaching Award Recipients
The Lillie F. Fitzgerald Excellence in Teaching Award was granted to Rodney Broadnax and Stacey Wielfaert at the Cleveland City and Bradley County Schools’ opening sessions. This Fitzgerald Award is the highest honor at the local level to recognize and …
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Friends of BCPEF Innovation Award
In 2019, The Fitzgerald Innovation Award (FIA), funded by the Fitzgerald Family Foundation, was created by Dr. Rodney and Margo Fitzgerald to empower and inspire teachers and administrators to pursue and implement significant positive change through strategic innovative instruction. The …
Dr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald Discuss the 2019-20 Award
Margo and Rodney Fitzgerald discuss their motivation for initiating the two $15,000 Fitzgerald Innovation Awards. Their humor and enthusiasm is conveyed very effectively and we are honored to hear from them.
BCPEF, BCS & COVID-19
In April and May, in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, visionary teachers from Bradley County Schools collaborated to meet the needs of their greater community. This teaching team produced over 600 personal protective devices and distributed them to 35 …
Nests at Mayfield Elementary
Creating a positive school-wide culture and engaging students in the process is no easy task but Mayfield Elementary did exactly that. The Mayfield Team implemented the Positive Behavior Intervention Program to incentivize students to make positive behavior choices. A “nest …