In this district teachers say they keep busy all year long striving for new means to better educate the roughly 3,120 students. Attending the summer workshop series, for example, keeps them abreast of changes in state curriculum standards, familiarizes them with new teaching trends and enhances staff development in a whole host of subjects, according to Lorraine Griffin, president of the Point Pleasant Education Association and a language arts teacher at the Memorial School. In turn, what teachers learn during the summer trickles down to their students in the fall, Griffin said. Krewer, a strong advocate of the summer series, acknowledged other necessary ingredients that foster student achievement here. He cited parental involvement, a supportive administration, school principals and faculty and the Board of Education as key components.
Staff development is a big piece to overall success and our teachers are very supportive of that.
We also have a strong commitment to second chance learning because we recognize that not every student gets it the first time and we'll have to teach it again differently.