TICONDEROGA
Nicole
Nadeau, a native of Ticonderoga and a current resident of Astoria,
has been chosen as a MetLife Fellow in the Teachers Network
Leadership Institute (TNLI), an honor shared by hundreds of
public school teachers across the nation.
This
select group of elementary, middle, and high school teachers
represents 10 TNLI affiliates nationwide. In November fellows
were recognized at the Teachers Network Award Ceremony and Reception
in the James H. McGraw Hall at the McGraw-Hill Companies.
Nadeau
currently teaches an English Language Learners kindergarten
class at PS361 in Brooklyn. After returning in the spring of
1997 from teaching English and American culture for a semester
at the Leo Tolstoi Pedagogical University in Tula, Russia, Nadeau
moved to New York City to attend Teachers College, Columbia
University. She completed her master's degree in Teaching English
to Speakers of Other Languages in 2000 and began her career
as a teacher in the New York City Public School System that
September.
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TNLI was established in 1996 to connect education
policy with actual classroom practice to improve student achievement.
Fellows read relevant literature, participate in online dialogues,
and meet regularly with policymakers. As a major part of their
work, TNLI MetLife Fellows, teachers with full time classroom
responsibilities, also conduct action research studies in their
classrooms and schools addressing the direct link between policymaking
and its effect on student achievement.
The
newest TNLI book, Taking Action With Teacher Research, was published
in 2003 by Heinemann Press; and, after only three weeks in publication,
the book went into its second printing. This document, Ellen Meyers and TNLI Adviser Frances Rust,
contains six chapters focusing on action research studies conducted
by six different TNLI MetLife Fellows as well as two additional
chapters (i.e., on TNLI work and the action research process)
written by Meyers and Rust. More information on this book is
available on the TNLI area of Teachers Network #1 award winning
web site at: www.teachersnetwork.org/tnli.
Ellen
Meyers, director of the Teacher Network Leadership institute,
relates that "this kind
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of teacher action research serves as the catalyst to forge meaningful
conversations among parents, communities, and policymakers about
what really works in education." A summary version of TNLI
action research and more information about TNLI is available
online at: www.teachersnetwork.org
Since
its inception, TNLI has been the pioneer in offering the teachers'
voice into the national discourse on education reform. In order
to expand the TNLI model to more affiliates across the country,
a TNLI Guidebook has also been published as a "how to"
for organizations interested in aligning policymaking with student
learning by joining a nationwide network of affiliates with
a proven track record of success.
TNLI
works in partnership with the Education Commission of the States
(ECS), New York University Steinhardt School of Education, the
Center for Teacher Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Education, and the Southeast Center for Teacher Quality.
Major funding for TNLI is provided by MetLife Foundation and
the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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