Episode 80 – Rama Janamanchi – “Modeling From An Administrators Perspective”
Mark and Rama talk about Lawrence School, where Rama is the academic dean for grades 7 through 12. The school serves students with language-based learning differences and attention-deficit issues. They’ve been implementing modeling instruction in their science courses with success. As a result, they are hosting two modeling workshops on their campus this summer.
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Rama Janamanchi
Rama Janamanchi is the Upper School Academic Dean at Lawrence School, Sagamore Hills, OH. She has been in the role for the past 3 years, working with a phenomenal leadership team to create learning spaces for teachers and students.
She has also been an English, journalism, and mythology teacher. She continually seeks professional growth, participating in an NEH Seminar at the Folger Shakespeare Library and the New York Times Teaching Project. She is also a teacher-consultant with NWP. She has presented at the IDA (International Dyslexia Association) and NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) conferences on creating equitable spaces for all students to succeed.
Highlights
[4:30] Rama Janamanchi “we are also aware that technology provides us equity”
[18:00] Rama Janamanchi “I love that. I love this idea. Permission to fail. It will get better. You just have to persevere.”
[24:24] Rama Janamanchi “And there’s nothing that beats the jaded months of February, January in the cold of Ohio, <laugh> then watching a little bit of curiosity and discovery in your classroom.”
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