Honored California Teacher Plans Innovative Writing Lessons

Publication: Tracy Press
Date: September 3, 2010

Summary: Krista Beltran, the 2010-11 San Joaquin County Teacher of the Year, plans to use her Great Valley Writing Project experience to introduce her peers to innovative ways of teaching writing to students.

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Ms. Beltran is the kind of teacher that makes her classroom better, makes her grade level better, makes her school better and makes our district better," Jefferson Superintendent Dana Eaton said. "It is difficult to find a committee that she is not on."

In the classroom, Beltran said, she enjoys teaching all subjects, but she especially likes English-language arts and history, because she can tie them together.

She plans to focus a lot of time on writing this school year after attending a summer workshop with the Great Valley Writing Project last year. The Great Valley Writing Project is run by California State University, Stanislaus, and teaches innovative ways to approach writing lessons in the classroom.

Copyright © 2010 Tracy Press. Reprinted by permission.
Hirsch, Jaclyn. 2010. "In the Spotlight: At the head of the class." Tracy Press . September 3.

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