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Joy Kirr
I currently teach 7th grade English Language Arts in the NW suburbs of Chicago.
Our class in the news:
Joy Kirr - 7th Grade Teacher - November, 2016
Arlington Heights Teacher Puts Focus on Students Leading Discussions - 4/11/16
Cardboard Challenge Accepted at Thomas Middle School - 10/14/15
Students Create Little Free Library - 7/21/14
A New Movement Ignites the Genius in Every Child - 5/16/14
(Same article, posted in Educator Innovator here:
Genius Hour and the Global Cardboard Challenge - 9/10/14)
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Former work in the profession:
2002-2009 Reading Specialist at Thomas Middle School
2007-2011 ELA Department Head at Thomas Middle School
2005-2007 Adjunct Professor at Benedictine University
1995-2002 Teacher of students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing
Special Education District of McHenry County (SEDOM)
Alternative in Education for the Hearing Impaired (AEHI) at
Alexander Graham Bell Montessori School (AGBMS)
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