Interviews | Quotes

"Hello! I am an Integrated LAR teacher for Alliance City Schools in OH. I was recently asked to help develop a new department for the "new" Middle School, starting next school year. The department will be titled Intervention Assistance and will target non-fiction literacy and math/science conceptual learning. I was very leery until I became involved with EMSTAC. Now I know that I will have the support that I will need to validate the changes needed in my district to help all."

-Linking Agent,
Alliance City Schools, Ohio

"The best part for me about being a Linking Agent is finding possible solutions for people to look at... This is a great opportunity to share a lot of information."

-Linking Agent,
Frederick County School District, MD

"Being involved with EMSTAC … has really opened up a lot of opportunities not only for me, but, for the county and people in the county, as far as accessing very valuable information."

-Linking Agent,
Allegany County School District, MD

"The teachers have truly transformed. I can't tell you how excited I am to meet with them tomorrow for our last workshop. One of the BL teachers that didn't feel she needed the training or materials because after all she 'was a good teacher' and 'spent lots of her on money on lots of good materials for the students' has made the statements now how she was just 'superficially teaching reading' and now she's teaching reading and with an understanding of the processes. I think just that statement alone has made the whole entire project worth the efforts."

[Learn more from Linking Agent about Understanding the Change Process.]

-Linking Agent, El Paso Independent School District
El Paso, TX