Mrs. Lynne Stader
Mrs. Stader has 35 years experience in classroom teaching as well as private tutoring. She has been at St. Patrick School since 1987, teaching third grade, first grade, and grades 6-8 Literature and Writing Skills since 1994. While at St. Patrick she has coordinated the Memorial Day Flag Program since 1998, served as advisor to the Peer Mediation Team, Coordinator for Language Arts Grades 6-8, and been a member of the Catholic Schools Week and Emergency Planning committees. She is serving as Mentor for staff member, Brian Clark.
Mrs. Stader was selected for Who's Who Among America's Teachers 2000, 2002, and 2004, and received a New Hampshire Society for Technology in Education Technology Educator Award in 2000. Mrs. Stader received her Bachelor's of Science in Education degree at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio and holds certification in Elementary Education and Music.
Since 1986 Mrs.Stader has been an active member of the Westford Women's Club and an active leader with the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), serving as state Director of the Junior Membership 2004-2006, and Chairman of Women's History and Resource Center 2006-2008. She is currently the chairman of public tours given at the Clough House, a historic home behind the Old North Church in Boston.
Mrs. Stader lives in Westford, Massachusetts with her husband, Terry. Sadly their cocker spaniel, Max, passed away this summer. She has one daughter who lives in Randolph, Massachusetts with her husband and family, including two very special granddaughters, Christina and Amanda.
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Born: Toledo, Ohio
Favorite Sports to watch: Boston Red Sox and Patriots, of course.
Favorite place to go on vacation: Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
Recent Read: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, The Help, People of the Book, The Road, Memory Keeper's Daughter, Sarah's Key, The Orchard, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Boleyn Inheritance, Rebecca (This classic was recommended to me by an 8th grader. I loved it!),
Worst Job Ever: My first job in high school- a dry cleaners. VERY HOT without air conditioning!
Perfect Day: Sitting on my porch reading a book when there is a nice breeze, or visiting our "grandgirls"!
Most exciting teaching day lately: When a student asked me a question and another student found a map online with Google Images that answered his question faster than I could finish my sentence! It's so great to see students being resourceful on their own!
. . . and using our new Smartboards!
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Classroom Management Style
- Keep the rules simple. There are only 4, but they cover everything. See Class Rules.
- Lesson Planning: As a first grade teacher and a former K-8 music teacher, I learned how to orchestrate the lesson plans to keep kids engaged throughout the class period. When students know you're in the driver's seat, with a plan, they join the ride to reach the destination.
- Change it up! I enjoy that Writing Skills, Literature, and Religion- by their nature- allow using a wide variety of materials that change regularly. That keeps ME interested, as well as the students.
- Pacing is key: Pacing is another level of orchestrating the activities of a 40-minute instructional period to include an introduction/review, development, and a conclusion.
- Treat the students with respect and they will respect you.
- Start class with something real: My "monologue"- may be a comment about the Red Sox game the night before, a quick "Treat Question" to see who remembers something discussed the day before, but these are a way for class to "settle" before we start.
- Use humor in a healthy way: Finding the literary language in a sports headline, bringing in a funny photo from the newspaper that generates a brief discussion, changing the code for answering questions that day... these things help us all get "on the same page".
"Pet Peeves" - Too much "fill- in the blank". Students need activities that develop their ability to think, organize information, and communicate clearly. Students find it difficult to provide effective answers (more than a sentence or two) to essay and open response questions. I show students the infamous "blue books" with their blank pages, and they are overwhelmed to hear me say yes, colleges still use them!
- The substandard language of today's speech creeping into the language we write.
"Stader-isms" (
and their translations)
"Don't leave the garage door open. "
(Don't forget your paragraph needs a summary sentence.)
Treat Question: Ask your child why I am the "...if and only if..." teacher. If they tell me you asked- I'll reward them with a trip to the treat machine.
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