{"id":14124,"date":"2019-02-01T10:32:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T14:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/?p=14124"},"modified":"2019-02-21T17:03:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T21:03:16","slug":"darren_towers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/01\/darren_towers\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Valued at Hilltop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-sep-none fusion-title-size-two\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\">Darren Towers<\/h2><\/div><h3><strong>I am an AACPS:<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Math Resource Teacher, <em>Hilltop Elementary School<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:350px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wyce6hL4Izw?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"border-color:#c6dce3;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;\"><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a Title I Math Resource Teacher I work with teams of teachers to plan and implement the district math curriculum and review assessment data to drive future instruction. \u00a0I also work with small groups of learners that are in need of extra support in mathematics. As an eCoach I work with teachers to choose engaging instructional technology resources that will enhance teaching and learning of the curriculum. \u00a0I also work to ensure all resources can be easily accessed by teachers and students on our iPads and Chromebooks. I have been at Hilltop for 13 years now and I feel the students are the most special. Every day is a brand-new day and every day brings new challenges. \u00a0The students need us, and we need them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I really feel valued here by my administration, teachers, and students. \u00a0It\u2019s a place I like to come to everyday. It\u2019s also a place I feel like we can voice our ideas freely. \u00a0Everybody works together to do what\u2019s best for our student and families. I\u2019ve been here for a while and I don\u2019t really plan on going anywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I really feel valued here by my administration, teachers, and students.  It\u2019s a place I like to come to everyday. It\u2019s also a place I feel like we can voice our ideas freely.&#8221;&#8211;Darren Towers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001013,"featured_media":14130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[214,143,130,132,191],"tags":[212],"class_list":["post-14124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hilltop","category-north_county_stories","category-aacps_story","category-employee_stories","category-teacher_stories","tag-hilltop-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14124"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14131,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14124\/revisions\/14131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}