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Stephanye T. Loftin - Biography
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Welcome! Browse through the
professional experience and accomplishments of Stephanye T. Loftin, an
English teacher at Charles Herbert Flowers High School in Prince George’s
County, one who believes that ---
“A teacher affects eternity; [she] can never
tell where [her] influence stops.”
~ Henry Adams ~
With 30+ years of educational experience in a
variety of settings --- from The English and Education Departments at North
Carolina Central University; to the Office of Career Planning and Placement at
Bowie State University; to teaching in junior high/middle school, high
school, Upward Bound, and GED programs from Baltimore City to Prince George’s
County --- her scope is far-reaching.
Encouraging self-discovery and
self-responsibility for learning, she cultivates a structured,
student-centered environment that is conducive to nurturing students’
self-esteem, motivation, character, and citizenship. Ms. Loftin is a
teacher who ---
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Sets
high expectations and accepts no excuses |
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Understands
how to maintain student interest |
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Is
attentive to students’ needs for order and discipline |
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Respects
individual, cultural, religious, and racial differences |
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Enhances
education through technology |
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Adjusts her teaching style and methodology
as is appropriate |
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With activities that challenge each student to expand the domain of her/his
learning experience, Ms. Loftin has also prompted the discovery and enhancement
of knowledge outside the classroom via --
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School wide multi-cultural assemblies
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Desktop publications
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Research-gathering library field trips
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Literary appreciation field trips to The New Amsterdam Theatre, Arena Stage,
and Ford's Theatre
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In Baltimore City, where she taught for 27
years, Ms. Loftin was recognized by WBFF/WNUV as a Champion of Courage ---
once at Thurgood Marshall Middle School and twice at Baltimore Polytechnic
Institute. At Northeast Middle School, WBAL twice saluted her as a
Class Act teacher. The faculty at Northeast also elected her as
Teacher of the Year.
Ms. Loftin was born in Kinston, North Carolina,
graduated from Adkin Senior High School, and has expanded the span of her
readiness with undergraduate and graduate studies at North Carolina Central University,
Bowie State University, St. John’s College in Annapolis, and Goucher College
in Towson.
Fearless in her plight to educate children,
Ms. Loftin strives to exemplify the virtues and values we seek to inspire in
children. There is no one way but
whatever
way.
“We want our children trained as intelligent
human beings should be . . .
They have a right to know, to think, to
aspire.”
~ W.E.B. DuBois ~
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