Denton ISD Our Impact In Your Community Magazine Spring 2016 | Page 17

Each summer Denton ISD teachers travel to
Guatemala and host workshops for teachers to
improve instruction. Teachers in Guatemala had
never been taught to use math manipulatives in
their classrooms until they attended sessions lead
by our teachers from Texas. Photo courtesy of
International Teacher to Teacher Exchange.

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Teachers who are participating in the International
Teacher to Teacher Exchange program and study
of mathematics include (front) Marlon Jimenez, Elisa
Sandoval, Nancy Salazar, Maria del Carmen de Batres,
Ruth Gonzalez (back) Tom Tunks, Kaitlyn Pound, Robin
Zaruba, Tracy Wahbeh, Dr. Jeanne Tunks, Janie Peters
and Amy Anderson. Photo courtesy of International
Teacher to Teacher Exchange.

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TO WATCH HOW CROWNOVER MIDDLE
SCHOOL’S AMY ANDERSON USES
UNIQUE IDEAS TO TEACHER MATH,
CLICK HERE HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.
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