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\"\"Advising other teachers is a key part of Heard’s new job.<\/strong> photo by Eric Alcott<\/em><\/p>\n

By Kyle Mann & Jon Russell
\n<\/strong><\/span>off the record\u00a0& staff writer<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

After 20 years working as a MPS teacher, Ann Heard is leaving the classroom to take on a bigger role in the MPS community. Having been a teacher for so long, Heard\u2019s priorities revolve around helping students and this made the decision to switch jobs much easier.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy helping the teachers I\u2019m actually helping more students,\u201d Heard said. \u201cWhen I was a teacher, I could only help the students in my class, but now I can affect every student that is taught by the teachers I help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her new job is officially called a Learning Coach for Secondary Staff, which is a coach for other teachers on technology and programs that are incorporated into the school. These include inputting grades, making Power Point documents and connecting a computer to a projector. English teacher Karen Martin has had some other needs for Heard. Heard will help to find information for Martin if she needs it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen someone can research for me, that will save me time,\u201d Martin said. \u201cThis definitely would have been helpful in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heard was chosen above other teachers and staff for several reasons. Before she was a teacher she was a media specialist for a number of years and she\u2019s well known around the school. Because she\u2019s easy to talk to, teachers will feel comfortable around her and won\u2019t be afraid to ask questions about technology when a specialist might be patronizing. Martin agrees with Heard on this.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe won\u2019t make you feel dumb and if she doesn\u2019t know the answer she will find out for you,\u201d Martin said. \u201cShe\u2019s not afraid to ask for help.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Heard will miss most about teaching is the students she had the opportunity to get to know.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just energizing being with students, juniors and seniors especially,\u201d Heard said.<\/p>\n

Even though she will be back to teaching when this job is no longer required, her students will miss her. James Ferritto took the change especially hard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was pretty sad because I always enjoyed going to English class and now Mrs. Heard is gone,\u201d Ferritto said.<\/p>\n

Junior Ethan Kok says that Heard was his favorite teacher.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer best quality is everything about her personality,\u201d Kok said. \u201cShe was always very flexible. If we needed more time she would give it to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each year, the state government gives teachers new requirements for technology for helping around the classroom and making jobs easier. Some teachers still have trouble with Moodle and inputting grades over the internet.<\/p>\n

Heard used to be an English teacher, teaching both Senior English, a point three level course that revolves around classic literature such as 1984, Frankenstein and The Things They Carried and a class consisting mostly of juniors. This class also bases its content off of books like Their Eyes Were Watching God\u00a0 and House of the Spirits.<\/p>\n

In Heard\u2019s absence, a long-term sub has had to take over. Helen Bradshaw, the long-term substitute, says that it was a challenge taking over for Heard because the students all loved her so much. In her opinion, she has some big shoes to fill. Another challenge for her comes with teaching an English class for the first time. Bradshaw has to read all the books in the class for the first time and figure out plans for the class based on a book she\u2019s reading at the same time as the students.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt definitely keeps me busy,\u201d Bradshaw said.<\/p>\n

Despite all these challenges, Bradshaw believes that the students have accepted her. She was pleasantly surprised since she was coming in half-way through the year. She considered it a great opportunity, though, being only one year out of college. Up until now, she has been subbing occasionally, but has never had a long-term subbing position.<\/p>\n

Bradshaw has had to ask Heard for help a few times since starting her substitution job, as she needed to know how to use Teacher Access Center and Moodle.<\/p>\n

The job is federally funded and the school had to petition for the money, saying they needed the job. At the end of the 2011-2012 school year, the administrators will evaluate the job and decide whether it is still necessary after a year and a half. If they decide that the job is not needed, then Heard will go back to teaching her students and helping them out in the classroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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