About Sheri

Philosophy and History

I believe all students can learn, in their own time and in their own way. Students are smart in spots, and I try to find those spots. Successful people use their strengths to learn, grow, and succeed. My goal is to guide students in using their strengths, and to help them improve weak areas, which may become new strengths.

I love integrating the language arts into the content areas, so many of my writing assignments involve science and social studies.

"I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases so far as it in no wise interferes with any other man's rights." ~Abraham Lincoln. I try to work with each student's unique talents, and I also manage them in one learning environment so we all succeed, teacher and students.

My parents are Charles Jefferson Edwards and Ruth Emma McIntosh; I am English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Swedish, and Norwegian. My people were independent-minded in order to survive in Scotland and in North Dakota. My grandfather, William Washington Edwards, helped discover and document the nitrogen-fixing nature of alfalfa in the early years of North Dakota history.

Today, my husband Scott and I enjoy the ten grandchildren that bounce around us whenever our four children visit with their families, or when the grandkids visit for the summer.

I couldn't imagine a better place to work and teach and live than with the energetic students and the supportive families in Nespelem and Coulee Dam.

It was an honor to teach at Nespelem School for thirty-one years.

School Mission

How do I achieve the school mission? Please read here: Mission

Publications

Federman, Alan N. and Sheri Edwards. Interactive, Collaborative Science Viea the 'Net: Live from the Hubble Space Telescope. THE Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) Vol. 24(1997).

Edwards, Sheri. "Native American Students and Service Learning." Curriculum in Context (WSASCD) 21(1993): 4-6.

Project Citations

Blended Learning Response in Education Week with Larry Ferlazzo May 21, 2016

Hamilton, B. "Integrating Technology in the Classroom: Tools to Meet the Needs of Every Student." ISTE: Eugene, OR, 2015: pp. vi, 139, 167, 244.

Krebs, D. and Zvi, G. The Genius Hour Guidebook: Fostering Passion, Wonder, and Inquiry in the Classroom (Eye on Education Books). Routledge. 2015. pp. xvi, 8, 9, 27, 125.

Wade, R., Editor. "Chapter 10: Middle School Programs by Felicia George, Nespelem School, Washington." Community Service Learning: A Guide to Including Service in the Public School Curriculum: State University of New York Press, 1997: 172-173.

Friesem, J. "Intergenerational Service Learning Unit: How Can We Help Our Elders?--Nespelem School." The Clearinghouse database, New York: National Helpers Network, Inc., 1994.

Kesting, P. "Helping Hands: How student volunteerism can inspire good citizenship and good academics." Cable in the Classroom: CCI/Crosby Publisining, 1994: 12-14.

Interview on EdTechTalk

Education and Training

2018

• Blogging Collaborative Course: Reflective Writing Club [Online Network of Educators @ONE] #CCCWrite
• 2016 -19
  • JumpStart for Tech
  • Google Certification in Administration and Level 1
• 2010-2015 Continuous self-training in:
  • Google Apps -- Example. Site for Digital Citizenship
  • Writing Class Technology Integration, Teacher Blog [Archived]
  • Common Core State Standards
  • Marzano Teacher Evaluation Trainer of Trainers

• 2009 Mentor for PBWorks: wiki how-to
• 2008 Graduate

• Discovery Education Network STAR Educator 2008-2009 DEN Discovery Educator
  • Note: Our ESD dropped DEN as a vendor, leaving those of us incorporating DEN without that connection or their resources; our school district subscribes to the ESD for online programs such as this.
• Diigo Groups 2008
• Current: (since 1999) Ongoing Technology Training in Web Design, Office, Web 2.0 Interactive Learning, Moodle
• 2002-2006 NO LIMIT! New Outcomes: Learning Improvement in Mathematics Integrating Technology
  • Students use problem-based learning to improve their achievement of math skills.
• 2001 Gonzago Indian Education Outreach Program (GIEOP) Science Institute
• 1999-2002+ Technology Integration, Teacher Leadership Project, Bill and Milinda Gates Foundation
• 1994 Multiple Intelligence Workshops
• 1994 Service Learning
• 1993 Excellence in Indian Education Symposium
• 1992 Masters of Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Integrated Language Arts Emphasis, Eastern Washington University
• 1986 Excellence in Indian Education Symposium
• 1988-1995 TAG Training: Talented and Gifted Instruction
• 1985 Teaching Certificate: K-12 Reading; 4-12 Math; K-8 Elementary Endorsements
• 1985 Bachelor of Arts Degree, Magna Cum Laude, Major: Reading; Minor: Math; Eastern Washington University