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Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementaryschool principal. She currently serves as the principal of Austin Steward ElementarySchool #46 in Rochester, New York. Lecture is a common passive learning practice.
When they take their seats for the morning bell, learning fractions or the parts of a sentence is often the furthest thing from their minds. These are the challenges Quinlan O’Grady faces each day as a teacher at Schmid ElementarySchool. Promoting activelearning.
Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementaryschool principal. She currently serves as the principal of Austin Steward ElementarySchool #46 in Rochester, New York. Lecture is a common passive learning practice.
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