Chet Creek Elementary





I drove to Jacksonville Sunday through a whole lot of rain and spent Monday at Chet Creek Elementary visiting all day with teams of teachers and talking about science. First of all Chet Creek was honored a few years ago as one of the nations top 100 elementary schools. Secondly, this is an elementary school of over 1200 students where teachers have to team up for classes well over 30. So to be such a high performing school is quite the accomplishment. If you go to their school website you find that many on the staff blog, they are in the forefront of looking for new effective teaching strategies, there are science, math and reading coaches/mentors embedded into grades through out the school and there school population is constantly growing! The staff is young, intelligent, eager and motivated. What a great atmosphere for science discussions!

Chet Creek is also home to Dayle Timmons, another former Florida Teacher of the Year and a kindergarten ESE team member. A great lady and a wonderful day! Thanks to Debbie Harbour, curriculum specialist, for making the day happen!

2 comments:

Melissa Ross said...

Rick-
Thank you for taking the time and spending the day at Chets Creek. I loved your idea of measuring the canopy of the tree and surveying the area around it each month. My class is in the process of picking out the perfect tree for us to use. It is always great to hear new ideas and a fresh approach.

dayle timmons said...

Thanks Rick, for coming to visit my little piece of heaven. Like you, I couldn't wait to get back to my school and my students after a wonderful year as Florida's Teacher of the Year. There's no place like home! Check out my thoughts about the day at "Science" http://timmonstimes.blogspot.com. Rick, you are the BEST! dayle timmons