Virginia+James

Virginia (Ginny) James Ed background: College of William and Mary, bachelor's and master's Teaching experience: 2009-2010 = 34th year (plus some part-time years, while children were pre-schoolers) Honors: Teacher of the Year, Distinguished Teacher, etc Teaching: VA and US Government and Politics (three classes), AP Comparative Government and Politics (one class, distance learning with receiving sites at PAHS and OLHS), and VA Teachers for Tomorrow (one class) Advisor: Yearbook, World Affairs Club, Future Educators of America, and TARS Interests: Family (married 40+ years, two children, five grands); travel, "news", reading, needlework, gardening Community: World Affairs Council of Greater Hampton Roads (Board of Directors and Secretary), FBI Citizens Academy Alumni Association, Alpha Delta Kappa, etc. Philosophy: Happy camper; could retire, but don't want that yet; ten teachers in the family; election years are always interesting; looking forward to a great yearbook, 2010; expecting great things from VTfT internships; like field trips and guest speakers to keep it current!

VTfT: Enjoy this year!!!

-Above is the logo for our VTfT program. We may consider putting this on golf shirts. Let me know your preferences. -Also, we need to pay for a charter to be properly registered with the national FEA. So, we need to organize our school's FEA chapter (renew our constitution and send to ICC, elect officers, have meetings--some within our 3B classtime-- and consider projects and a national conference in Texas in February, etc) -Everyone needs to know about the general outline for the year, dress codes, the internship or field experience, and preparation for the portfolio -Up to two of you (seniors eligible this spring and juniors eligible for spring of 2011) may wish to earn a VBCPS contract. More on that. -Think of community service ideas. That is, would you be interested in tutoring, volunteering at another school (or a day care facility or church), participation in a city Chalk Walk enterprise, etc? -There's a city-wide VTfT Symposium, tentatively scheduled for March 12. Really need to attend as an all-day field trip.Plan on it.