Learning together means collaboration. Collaboration between administration and teachers and assistants and students to do everything we can to help each other grow.
Eden Tackett, originally from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, earned a B.A. in psychology from Salem College in 2015. She currently serves as the Academy’s Media Assistant. Read on to learn more:
Why did you choose to work at the Academy?
I wanted a better opportunity to help our kids and I felt that Appalachian gave me that.
What's your favorite part about working at the Academy?
I love the atmosphere. The relationships we [staff] have built with each other and with our student population is very important to me.
How are you impacting education in your community?
I am encouraging children to read and to find stories that they love as a way to cope with the trauma that they might have endured at home.
What was your favorite subject when you were in elementary school?
Science
The Academy has a reading literacy focus. What is your favorite book?
Tuck Everlasting (Note: Tackett’s favorite movie is also Tuck Everlasting)
“Learning together” is a core commitment of the Academy. What does "learning together" mean to you?
Learning together means collaboration. Collaboration between administration and teachers and assistants and students to do everything we can to help each other grow.
Describe an experience where you "learned together" at the Academy.
Last summer, our staff had a training session with Dr. Willie Fleming, Appalachian’s Chief Diversity Officer, on Cultural Bias and how that might affect our lives and our classrooms. Regardless of how well informed we were, we all learned something that day and were able to apply that information to our interpersonal relationships.
Just for fun, what is your favorite candy?
Crunch Bars
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