Message from pcroft

[Anonymous]

Hello Colleagues,

My name is Phaebra (or Phaedra) Croft. I teach at Glenn Hammond Curtiss Middle School - Math, Science and Technology Magnet in District 8 - LAUSD. I've only recently worked in public schools (three years) as I worked twenty plus years in Catholic Schools. I love my assignment of teaching Sixth Grade English Language Arts and Social Studies (Ancient Civilization) - History Alive!

I am taking this course to always be on the cutting edge of transferring current and accurate information to my students. I am a produc to of the UC system - Go Bruins! - and appreciate hearing from the professors of both UC's as well as USC whenever possible. I also know that the students that I teacher don't always have the privilege of hearing from an African American teacher and her experiences touching a world that their neighborhoods most times don't share with them. I need to take what I learn from this seminar, back to my classroom, in the hopes that my students will move into action to follow my interests. I want my interest to become so interesing to them that they will be moved to move beyond the confinds of their crime ridden neighborhood to explore how large the world is.

Lastly, I look forward to traveling to a world that I speak about in my classroom on a daily basis.