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Teaching Students to Work Together

Integrated curricula, team teaching, and technology tools have built up the academic achievement and self-esteem of these rural Louisiana middle school students. More to this story.

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Release Date: 6/17/2004
Running Time: 8 min.

Video Credits

Produced, Written, and Directed by

  • Ken Ellis

Associate Producers:

  • Ashley Ball
  • Miwa Yokoyama

Editor:

  • Karen Sutherland

Camera Crew:

  • John D. Pope
  • Hans van den Bold
  • Ken Ellis

Narrator:

  • Kris Welch

Original Music:

  • Ed Bogas

Additional Footage Provided by

  • Circus of the Kids
  • St. Charles Parish Public Schools
  • Tommy Faucheux
  • © 2004
  • The George Lucas Educational Foundation
  • All rights reserved.

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Since this video was produced, the students of Landry Middle School have moved into a new building, Raymond K. Smith Middle School, with Harold Blood as principal. Landry principal Dianne Powell is now running alternative programs for the St. Charles Parish Public Schools at the site of her old school.

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Posted on 6/27/2007 10:07am

middle school ed

Hi,

I am doing my ed admin thesis in middle level edu and I found the video to be outstanding. I would like more info about your school

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Diane
Posted on 6/27/2007 12:35pm

Contact info for Landry Middle School

Eual J. Landry Middle School
108 Tiger Circle
Hahnville, LA 70057
Diane Powell, Principal
Phone: (985) 783-6636
Fax: (985) 783-6638
Email: dpowell@stcharles.k12.la.us

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Lening
Posted on 8/29/2008 2:51am

Team teaching

Very interesting video! I am getting more and more excited about team teaching after reading your article.

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Hypotheek
Posted on 10/27/2008 5:08am

Excellent video. I found this video through Google and I also would like to have more information about your school and team teaching.

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Sparen
Posted on 4/01/2009 2:01am

Good project! Here in the Netherlands they started something similar, but it is very successful ... yet

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