Jayne Lyons is a fourth grade teacher in Denison. She and I spent time teaching collaboratively in a fourth grade classroom at Cardinal Elementary in Maquoketa. She was the the classroom teacher, and I was the special needs teacher. Together with the media specialist and the Title I teacher we created an atmosphere dedicated to enhancing the love of literacy in our students. Jayne was super organized and from her I learned the importance of writing clear units with learning targets organized within endless white binders and clear plastic pages. We were a team recognized for our Uncommon Teaching Practices with a special award presented to us from our principal. I can only smile when I think about the time we spent at Cardinal dedicated to doing our best for our students.
How fortunate for the students of Broadway that Jayne continues to show the care and dedication to quality teaching that I saw many years ago at Cardinal Elementary in Maquoketa. Jayne was known as the "fancy Jayne" and I was known as the "plain Jane" but together these Janes put forth great energy and effort as we continued to develop a love of literacy in our students, and as we learned from one another what it meant to be a team. What an honor it was to work with Jayne! Everyone should have an experience like I had with Jayne where collaboration is strong and dedication to excellence is the focus. Thanks, Jayne, for the difference you have made for so many students in their learning journey!
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