South Carolina ETV
In Our Schools – Produced by the SC Department of Education's ITV team, this series focuses on positive educational initiatives in our South Carolina Public Schools. Special programs are produced each year highlighting the candidates for the SC teacher of the Year, SC Award-winning Schools, American Education Week, and other key education topics.
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Recently Aired Premiere Episodes
In Our Schools - Finalists for SC Teacher of Year 2010–11
In Our Schools will feature the five finalists for SC Teacher of the Year 2010–11 in the April 25th program! Interesting interviews about teaching styles, changes and challenges in education, and what has made each educator successful, along with footage in their classrooms, provide insight into why teaching is the chosen career for these outstanding educators.
Meet Kelly H. Nalley, a second through fifth grade Spanish teacher at Fork Shoals School in Greenville County Schools; Melody Johnson, a fourth grade teacher at Lugoff Elementary in Kershaw County Schools; Julia Goodman Marshall, a fifth grade teacher at Oakdale Elementary in Rock Hill (York) District Three; Dr. Samantha Maddox, an English language arts teacher at Spartanburg High School in Spartanburg School District Seven; and Olivia “Libby” Ortmann, a social studies teacher for grades six through eight, and lead CRT at Alice Drive Middle School in Sumter School District Seventeen.
Don’t miss this opportunity to meet these exceptional teachers who represent all our fine educators across the state as they share their passion for teaching in this special edition of In Our Schools.
Sunday - April 25, 2010 at 1:00 pm
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In Our Schools - Showcases Innovative Initiatives That Impact Student Learning in SC Schools
Tune in to find about the State Department of Education’s new LATTIS initiative! “Looping advances teacher teaming and innovation in schools” is proving successful as shown by administrators and teachers at Mountain View Elementary in Taylors, SC. Hear from Mary Ruzga, SC Department of Education Office of School Choice and Innovation, Mountain View’s principal and two outstanding teachers who give an overview of how to set up and manage a multi-age classroom as we get to see their innovative approach to teaching young students!
We’ll also journey to Windsor Hill Elementary in Dorchester School District Two where they are celebrating success with their arts integration program that involves all students, including their special needs population. This fine South Carolina school was a Kennedy Center School of Distinction Award recipient in 2009. Hear from teachers and students as we see how innovation has engaged students and impacted learning for all.
In addition, join Ed Falco, SCDE Consultant for Environmental Education, to learn about the innovative environmental education program at Kelly Mill Middle School in Blythewood. Administrators, teachers and students share strategies they are utilizing successfully in “Implementing an Innovation - Across the Curriculum and Out the Door!” Then get a sneak preview of a new series for elementary and middle grade students entitled Environmental Ed. This new resource is being produced by ITV with ETV and will be available for our SC schools next school y ear!
Be sure to tape this program for your school administrators, elementary teachers, arts teachers, science educators, coaches, parents, and business partners.
Sunday - March 28, 2010 at 1:00 pm
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In Our Schools: Finding Money for College
A special two-hour program to assist students and parents in looking for ways to pay for a college education aired January 31 on all ETV channels. Many high schools taped this program to have it on hand in the guidance office. The repeat broadcasts are NOT interactive with call-in questions, but the information is still useful to students and parents trying to find money for higher education.
Produced by the State Department of Education’s ITV team , Finding Money for College features financial aid professionals from public and private colleges and universities in South Carolina. In addition, guidance counselors offer advice and representatives from the South Carolina Higher Education Tuition Grants, South Carolina Student Loan Corporation and South Carolina Commission on Higher Education answer questions on accessing scholarships, grants and loans.
In addition to providing key information, this year’s program features a special segment on high school guidance services to help students find financial help for college that was taped at Walhalla High School in Oconee School District. Also, these students give their peers advice about what can help them in the process. Congratulations to the Walhalla Razorbacks for being selected as our feature school this year on Finding Money for College!
This information is very timely and especially needed for seniors, but valuable for juniors to plan ahead. Please tape this NEW program for your high school guidance counselors if you did not tape it in January.
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Sunday - January 31, 2010 at 6:00 pm
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In Our Schools: American Education Week 2009
In celebration of American Education Week, In Our Schools, a special series on ETV produced by ITV as part of the SC Department of Education, features segments on key educational topics.
First, we’ll celebrate famous World War II heroes - The Doolittle Raiders - as we take a look at a segment of a documentary being produced by a South Carolina student. Morgan Adams, an eighth grade student at Crayton Middle School, and our ETV crew attended Celebrate Freedom Education Day to learn about the mission of these remaining veterans who trained in Columbia. State Superintendent Jim Rex was present for the passing of the Raiders insignia on to another generation of our military heroes.
Also, we’ll catch up with our South Carolina Teacher of the Year 2009–10 Bryan Coburn! He represents all our fine SC teachers and is busy traveling the state to visit schools and districts. We’ll learn about his work as a pre-engineering, computer programming and business teacher, visit him at Northwestern High School where he was teaching last year, and hear about what he has done since being named as our state’s outstanding teacher. And finally, our program will highlight an important education initiative that impacts student learning across the curriculum as we celebrate American Education Week 2009.
Sunday - November 15, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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In Our Schools: Red Carpet Schools & Environmental Ed
In Our Schools, a series produced by ITV and designed for parents, educators and community partners, focuses on positive educational initiatives in our state schools. This month’s NEW program features three of South Carolina’s Red Carpet Award-winning Schools for 2009 that were selected for this honor because of their family-friendly, customer-oriented environments.
Tune in to see first hand the strategies that Dover Elementary School in Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five, Chapman High School in Spartanburg School District One and Condor Elementary School in Richland School District Two have implemented to provide warm, inviting environments for all school partners, including parents, community members, and businesses.
Learn how these fine schools strive to be an inviting place for parents to participate and see how each school is committed to being a focal point in their community. The Red Carpet Schools program was started because it has been shown that a positive school climate supports increased academic achievement.
In addition, the hour-long special will include at the end a segment featuring Long Middle School in Chesterfield County School District. Learn how students, teachers, administration, and community are implementing an innovation across the curriculum and out the door! Environmental education is a part of all the teaching and learning that takes place at this fine school.
Sunday - October 18, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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In Our Schools: Palmetto Gold & Silver Award for Academic Improvement and School Health Success
Then tune in to ETV September 27th at 1:00 p.m. when the focus will be academic success and improvement as we take a visit to three schools that were honored with the Palmetto Gold and Silver Award 2009. Created by the Education Accountability Act of 1998, this award is presented to schools that have improved student performance. Go with ETV cameras to Forest Acres Elementary School in Pickens County, St. James Middle School in Horry County and Calhoun County High School.
Find out how these schools involve their entire school community and how they provide ways for all students to achieve success. In addition, we’ll talk about how good health and nutrition can be a factor in student achievement as we get an overview of what schools across the state are doing to impact student nutrition, physical activity and other health choices. School Health Success Stories gives us an overview of what nine schools and districts with their communities are doing to impact student health. Please plan to access these programs for your school administrators, teachers and parents!
Sunday - September 27, 2009 at 1:00 pm
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