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Tracy Childers

Middle School Science Teacher, Foothills Community School

Tracy Childers is a science teacher at Foothills Community School, which is part of McDowell County Schools in Marion, North Carolina. Foothills is a STEM magnet school and a Project Based Learning (PBL) school with mixed-grade classrooms. After graduating from college, Tracy spent the next 30 years in supervision and management in the textile industry. He decided to pursue teaching to honor the memory of his two daughters, Casey and Courtney, after they passed away in an automobile accident in December 2002. In the 16 years he has been working as an educator, Tracy has been a middle school science and math teacher for 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.

 
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The Benefits and Disadvantages of Looping in Education

Explore the benefits and disadvantages of looping in education, where groups of children up from one grade to the next with the same teacher.

Tracy Childers
Middle School Science Teacher, Foothills Community School

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What is 'Looping' In Education?: A Teacher’s Perspective

A middle school science teacher on the benefits of looping with his students and building a family in the classroom.

Tracy Childers
Middle School Science Teacher, Foothills Community School