Name:
Rhonda Lancon
School:
Riverside Elementary
Grade:
First
Phone number:
985-863-3141
First grade is a rewarding, but challenging, grade to teach. This year is my
5th year teaching 1st grade. I taught Kindergarten for one year when I first
moved to St. Tammany Parish.
I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux,
Louisiana with a Bachelor of Arts degree. I plan to return to Nicholls in
pursuit of my masters degree in either Early Childhood Education or Reading
Specialist.
I am married and have 3 daughters: Alexa, Christy-Anne, and Taylor. Alexa
is an 9th grader at Pearl River High School. Christy-Anne is in 6th grade,
and Creekside Junior High School, and Taylor is in 3nd grade at Riverside.
I was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, but I grew up in Dulac, Louisiana.
I moved here in 2003 and have not stopped moving: I lived in Covington,
Mandeville, and Pearl River for about a year each. I have been living in
Slidell for 3 years now.
My missiion is to provide my students with a secure, caring, and stimulating
atmosphere in which to grow and mature emotionally, intellectually,
physically, and socially. It is my desire as a educator to help students meet
their fullest potential in these areas by providing an environment that is
safe, supports risk-taking, and invites a sharing of ideas. I believe the
following three elements are conducive to establishing such an environment:
(1) the teacher acting as a guide
(2) allowing the child's natural curiosity to direct his/her learning
(3) promoting respect for all things and all people.
My mission is to provide my students with access to information rather than
acting as the primary source of information. I feel that in order for
students to construct knowledge, they need the opportunity to discover for
themselves and practice skills in authentic situations. Providing students
access to hands-on activities and allowing adequate time and space to use
materials that reinforce the lesson being studied creates an opportunity for
individual discovery and construction of knowledge to occur.
My mission is to develop a curriculum around student interests that fosters
intrinsic motivation and stimulates the passion to learn. One way to take
learning in a direction relevant to student interest is to invite student
dialogue about the lessons and units of study. Given the opportunity for
input, students generate ideas and set goals that make for much richer
activities than I could have created or imagined myself.
My mission is to help students to develop a deep love and respect for
themselves, others, and their environment. Class meetings are one way to
encourage such dialogue. In setting fair and consistent rules initially and
stating the importance of every activity, students are shown respect for
their presence and time. In turn they learn to respect themselves, others,
and their environment.
My mission is to instill a love of learning in my students, as I share my own
passion for learning with them.