{"id":7380,"date":"2019-08-25T20:06:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T00:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/?p=7380"},"modified":"2019-08-23T16:31:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T20:31:16","slug":"a-warm-welcome-to-our-new-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/a-warm-welcome-to-our-new-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"A Warm Welcome to Our New Teachers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A warm welcome to all our new teachers! Over 200 educators attended the new teacher orientation kick-off event at T.C. Williams High School last Monday. We are thrilled to see so many talented new VIP professionals with vision, integrity and passion joining our division.<\/p>\n

During their three-day introduction session they were treated to a bus tour of Alexandria and our school division, courtesy of DASH, an ACPS partner.<\/p>\n

Please be sure to say hello and make all our newcomers feel welcome!<\/p>\n

Find out about some of their goals for this coming academic year and their reasons for wanting to work in ACPS.<\/p>\n

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“I want my students to feel heard and learn how to ask questions,\u201d said Emily Staley, <\/b>English Teacher at <\/b>T.C. Williams High School, <\/b>who plans on fostering an environment where students can ask critical questions that reflect on the systems that are in place in America. She will be teaching American literature at T.C. Williams.<\/p>\n

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Aaron Henderson,<\/strong>\u00a0a <\/b>math teacher at <\/b>Jefferson-Houston PreK-8 IB School<\/b> is new to Alexandria. He moved from Austin, Texas last month and is excited to meet the students at Jefferson-Houston. This year, he will focus on building confidence. \u201cMath is a subject that many students tend to struggle with. I like empowering students, giving them the confidence that they are able to do it, and showing them that math can be fun!\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve been waiting for this day for a long time. It is a passion of mine to help children find their voice,\u201d said Arantza Martinez, a <\/b>speech pathologist. <\/b>Martinez is based at Central Office and will be working across all schools. She is enthusiastic to be working with different programs, enhancing strategies and integrating communication across our facilities.<\/p>\n

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Tamika Jackson, a t<\/b>hird grade teacher at <\/b>Jefferson-Houston PreK-8 IB School,<\/b>\u00a0brings 26 years of teaching experience to Jefferson-Houston. This year, she plans on highlighting writing and reading expectations. She plans to foster analytical reading skills, developing critical thinking in her students. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to have the opportunity to support children to aspire to their highest academic potential.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy goal is to make sure that my students are comfortable with the classroom \u2014 that we become more like a family within the school,\u201d said Ava Rinehart, a <\/b>kindergarten teacher at <\/b>Charles Barrett Elementary School, <\/b>who is looking forward to meeting her students and working with her team at Charles Barrett. She is ready to get to know the families of Alexandria.<\/p>\n

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Lauren Fitchett, a s<\/b>ocial worker at <\/b>Douglas MacArthur Elementary School<\/b> is is thrilled to be part of a team dedicated to empowering all students. \u201cI am excited to join a school district that focuses on equity and really supports their children,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Please join us in welcoming all of our new teachers to ACPS!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ACPS welcomed more than 200 new teachers to our division at a celebratory orientation event at T.C. Williams High School last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 23:25:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7380"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7457,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7380\/revisions\/7457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}