Principal Certificate, BS Middle Level Education, Director of Education
Erin’s background working with at-risk youth began at an inner city job training program for adjudicated youth in Boston. Following graduation from the University of Vermont with a BS in Middle Level Education, Erin moved to Wyoming and continued her work with at-risk youth at the Van Vleck House group home and then as a math/science teacher at Red Top Meadows. Bringing meaning and passion to educating disadvantaged students is her most prominent goal. To this end, she is currently working on her master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction through the University of Wyoming with a focus on the intersections of trauma, literacy, residential treatment, and the growth mindset.
esilcox@tyfs.org
People typically have one of two perspectives on intelligence and innate ability: they either believe it’s fixed and can’t be changed and that exerting effort or making mistakes are signs of stupidity, or they believe it can be improved through hard work and that effort and mistakes will increase their abilities. The former is called […]
Personal Finance: As the Personal Finance course comes to an end, the focus has moved toward wise consumerism Students evaluated marketing and brand recognition by viewing popular commercials, reading about teens as the largest market in the country, analyzing how expensive it can be to succumb to marketing schemes, and determining how to negotiate their […]
Personal Finance (Modern World and You) Students learned how to be responsible shoppers in order to set themselves up for successful financial futures. Math Geometry students used proofs to understand geometric theorems. The work was challenging but they overcame the challenges through independent practice, partner practice, and consistent feedback. They proved their skills and knowledge […]
Armed with freshly printed resumes, prepared for potential interview questions, and excited to ask employers questions of their own, the students of Red Top Meadows recently took part in mock interviews with real employers from local businesses. Avery Bedford, a teacher from the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, along with Jamie Lasden, Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, worked […]
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