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StarTeaching
Features Writers
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Munir
Moosa Sewani
is one of the most famous, prominent and creative names in the field of Education
in the past 9 years. He is a Master Trainer In Special Education, Post Graduate, Teacher Educator and a Teacher. He is a Freelance Writer and Photographer, in addition to his role as a featured writer for StarTeaching's newsletter for
nearly four years now. He is an author of the famous self-published storybook for children titled "The MORAL STORIES FOR CHILDREN" and has also written a Biology book for Secondary Classes. He has written more than
75 articles dealing with social, health, educational and cultural issues, which are internationally recognized and published in famous world wide websites, newsletters, magazines and newspapers.
He is also a Social worker, private tutor, career counselor, musician, lyrics writer and
has multi-dimensional talents. His future plan is to write dozens of informative articles and to work for education and media, in order to explore hidden creativity.
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His
future plan is to write dozens of informative books and
articles and to work in the education field and the media, in order to
develop the sense of understanding many dimensions of life
through his creativity.
You
can contact Munir Moosa Sewani at: munirmoosa@yahoo.com
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Past Articles from
Munir:
Duties
of a Responsible Teacher
The Importance of Career Planning
Effective Interview Skills
Voice of Exceptional People (part
1)
Voice of Exceptional People (part 2)
Teaching As A Career
Analyzing the Lack of Educational Motivation in
Students
Reflections on Teaching
Practice
Drug Education: An
Emerging Concept For Teachers
Relation of Color with Child Psychology
World Disable Day
Reflective Writing - A Learning Process
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Enhancing Your Teaching Skills
Challenges of Teaching Part 1
Challenges of Teaching Part 2
Poking
Your Nose Into A Book
Decision
Making Skills
Corporal
Punishment (part 1)
Corporal
Punishment (part 2)
Corporal
Punishment (part 3)
Need for Action Research in Education
Daily Classroom Improvement with Action Research
Primary Field Decider Scale
Behavioral Disorders in Children (part 1)
Behavioral Disorders in Children (part 2)
Behavioral Disorders in Children (part 3)
Behavioral Disorders in Children (part 4)
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Mary
Ann Graziani is a Michigan Certified Teacher with a Masters Degree in
Elementary Education. She is married and has two sons.
She loves to read and write, and enjoys passing on that love to
the children that she teaches.
Her philosophy is teaching and entertaining children at the same
time.
She
has published an educational
book for elementary school-aged children using high frequency sight
words, and is
in the process of publishing an entire set that goes with
that book. She
has also written a math tale
that teaches customary units of measurement to elementary school-aged
children in an entertaining storybook tale.
You
can contact Mary Ann at: mgrazi@wowway.com
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Hank
Kellner
is a retired teacher of English who has served as a department
chair at the high school level and an adjunct associate
professor of English at the community college level.
He is the former publisher of Moneygram,
a marketing newsletter for photographer. He is also the
creator of many photographs and articles that have appeared in
publications nationwide, the author of extensive reading
comprehension materials for a publisher of educational
materials, and a former contributor to Darkroom Photography
magazine. His self-syndicated series, Twelve Unknown
Heroes of the American Revolution appeared in more than
fifty newspapers and magazines nationwide.
Kellner's most recent publication, Write What
You See: 99 Photos To Inspire Writing, is marked by Prufrock
Press. His blog appears regularly at hank-englisheducation.blogspot.com.
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Past Articles From Hank:
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Jerry
Judge
is a Affiliate Professor with Grand Valley State
University. Prior to this he was a High School principal at L'Anse ,
Kalkaska and Royal Oak for a total of 25 years. During his tenure in education
he has observed many changes and has had the opportunity to work with many outstanding teachers in Northern Michigan.
His position with Grand Valley is to work with educators on
leadership and writing articles on leadership for all educators.
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Past Articles From Jerry:
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Helen
de la Maza
is a Curriculum and Instruction Consultant in southern California with almost 15 years experience in the field of education. She has written curricula and taught science, environmental science, and environmental education to students ranging in age from 4 to 85 years!
She believes that learning the process of scientific thinking can help students think critically and be careful observers of the natural and human-made world.
Helen earned an MS in Wildlife Science, an MA in Curriculum and Instruction, California single subject teaching credentials in Biological Sciences and English, and a multiple subject credential. When she was in graduate school for her MS, she realized that "interpreters" were needed to communicate between the scientific community and lay people. Much of her work has been focused on doing this through teaching, training, and writing.
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Science Activities From Helen:
Seed Science
PDF
Looking At
Leaves PDF
Insect Life
Cycle Scavenger Hunt PDF
Plant
Life Cycle Hike PDF
Decomposition
Detectives PDF
Photosynthesis
Game PDF
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Chris
Sura, upon
earning his Bachelor’s at Western Michigan University worked
for Central Michigan University in Housing before teaching at
River Valley High School. When he moved to Houghton Lake where
he currently teaches, Chris completed his Masters in Education
at Central Michigan University. A member of the Crossroads
Writing Project through Ferris State University, he facilitates
a conference on Professional Writing every summer and does
online instruction through Kirtland Community College. He is
married to Heidi, his wife of twenty years, and has two kids,
Christopher and Grace. Chris writes poetry and fiction and has
self published a book of poems.
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You can
visit Chris at his website www.surawordz.com
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Past Articles from Chris:
Going
Beyond With Journals
Clash of the Titans
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Christina
Riggan, a twenty-five year veteran of public schools,
and a former teacher in a primary (K-5)
school in Austin, Texas, has worked with a variety of grade levels from Kindergarten to adults. Her certifications include
Kindergarten, Reading, ESOL, Language Arts, and she holds a Principal's
Certificate and a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction.
She is currently a full-time writer, her chosen area
of focus in writing books (fiction and nonfiction) and articles that
might help parents, teachers, and students. She is married to David, her husband
of thirty-eight years, has two happily married sons, and four wonderful
grandchildren.
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You can contact Christina at criggan3@sbcglobal.net
Check out Christina's book's website www.howtobeagreatteacher.com
You can order her book in ebook form or in
paperback on her website.
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Past Articles from Christina:
Does
Your Kid Have a Great Teacher? Here's How You Know
Too
Much Pressure Too Soon? What's A Teacher To Do?
The
Ten Commandments of Teachers
Teaching
Literacy to ESOL Learners
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Michael Kett, a physical therapist for more than 25 years, is an educator,
motivator, and author. His two published books, Applied Magic and
Houdini
in the Classroom, explore two unique magic applications. Applied Magic
demonstrates how to use magic as a therapeutic tool and Houdini in the
Classroom shows teachers how to use magic to develop creative thinking,
writing skills, verbal communication and self-esteem.
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Frank
Holes, Jr. is the editor of the StarTeaching
website and the Features for Teachers bi-monthly online
newsletter. Started in 2004, StarTeaching is received by
an audience of over 25,000 readers in the US and world-wide
every month. He has been blessed with the help and aid of
a wonderful international staff of gifted educational feature
writers.
Frank earned his B.A. degree from Michigan State
University and his M.A. in Educational Leadership from Central
Michigan University. Frank has taught in both the high
school and middle school levels (in schools of all sizes and
communities) in his extensive educational career.
In 2007, Frank was awarded the prestigious
Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year award. He is married to his wife
Michele with son James and daughter Sarah. Frank enjoys
writing, publishing three Michigan folklore thrillers, Year
of the Dogman , The
Haunting of Sigma, and Nagual:
Dawn Of The Dogmen, as well as a children's
fantasy The
Longquist Adventures: Western Odyssey. He
is also putting together a book on teaching writing at the
middle school level.
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Email us at editor@starteaching.com
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