Mrs. Shae Johnson has taught at Greenwood Laboratory School since 1984--the first 4 years as the 6th grade teacher, and since then she has been the 4th grade teacher. She has been teaching for 34 years. She is a native of Illinois where she taught High School, behavior disorders; remedial reading, and first grade.

She served on the Public Affairs Task Force in order to establish our Public Affairs mission at Greenwood. She also is the Committee Chair for the current Elementary North Central Goal. Shae is a facilitator for Project WET (Water Education for Teachers), Project WILD, and Project Learning Tree, and Love and Logic. She is a trained eMINTS teacher who integrates inquiry learning with technology in the classroom, and recently she has earned her certification to be an eMINTS trainer. Currently, she is teaching the 3rd and 6th grade teachers.

Her students regularly compete in LAD (Language Arts) Fair, spelling bees, geography bees, and math contests. The class also is an active fund-raiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night, being the team with the longest longevity with Light the Night in Springfield.

Education

1970 B.S. in Special Education, K-12 and Elementary Education, K-8 Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

1983 M.S. in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Language Arts, Northern Illinois State University, DeKalb, Illinois

Honors

2005, Recipient of the Top Online Educator by Surfaquarium.com
2004, Recipient of the COE College Award for “Educational Excellence” in Service
2002, Recipient of the Environmental Educator Award by Environmental Excellence
2001, Recipient of the PTA Phoebe Aperson Outstanding Teacher Award by Greenwood PTA
1999, Recipient of the COE College Award for “Educational Excellence” in Teaching
1998, Recipient of the Outstanding Elementary Mathematics Teacher of 1998 by the Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Classes Taught

4th grade and supervise many reading and elementary education practicum students, and student teachers. Currently teach eMINTS to our 3rd and 4th grade teachers.

Publications

Discover Your Watershed, The Missouri River, workshop writer for The Watercourse and International Project WET, 2004
Missouri Energy Curriculum, workshop writer for Department of Natural Resources for Bryan Hopkins, Environmental Education specialist, November, 2002 and March, 2003 (to be published later this year)
Classroom Website, published since January, 2002, and updated weekly.
eMINTS Training Website, published since March, 2006, and updated weekly.

Presentations

“Coordinating A Curricular Vision: Service Learning, Civic Education, and Public Affairs” for the Missouri Council for the Social Studies, March 4, 2005, Springfield, Missouri, co-presenter with Dr. Steve Hinch, Candace Fisk, Jill Seagrave, and Mary Nealy

Project WET workshop for education students, February 25, 2005, Temple Hall, Southwest Missouri State University, co-presenter with Dr. Mélida Gutiérrez and Barbara Lucks

“Earth-Science Extravaganza” STOM – Science Teachers of Missouri’s Professional Development Conference October 8-9, 2004, Columbia, Missouri, co-presenter with Dr. Mélida Gutiérrez

”Love and Logic Overview”, fall, 2004, Greenwood PTA, co-presenter with Linda Azeez

“They Gave You Technology, Now What Can You Do?” March, 2004, Southwest Education and Technology Conference, RCET, Springfield, MO, co-presenter with Linda Azeez, Rebecca Freeman, and Judy Gregg.

”Successful Collaborations between Greenwood and other SMSU Faculty” seminar for Showcase on Teaching, January, 2004, Southwest Missouri State University, co-presenter with Dr. David Ashley and Dr. Mélida Gutiérrez

“Just What is E-MINTS?”, Delta Kappa Gamma, Alpha Chapter, October, 2003, Greenwood Lab School, Southwest Missouri State University

 

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