By rdnewsNOW staff

first-year teaching excellence

Red Deer Public nominates Barrie Wilson teacher for Edwin Parr Award

Apr 11, 2019 | 1:14 PM

Randi Cummerford, a grade 3 teacher at École Barrie Wilson School, is Red Deer Public Schools’ 2018 nominee for the Zone 4 ASBA Edwin Parr Teacher Award.

Cummerford is a graduate of the Red Deer College – University of Alberta Bachelor of Education Collaborative Middle Years Program. Last summer, she was one of the graduate teachers working with the Reading College program.

In supporting her nomination, Chris Good, Principal at École Barrie Wilson School shared that Mrs. Cummerford goes the extra mile to ensure that her students are engaged in their work and connected to why they are learning the curriculum. In her first year, she has worked long hours to ensure that her classroom is ready to welcome students. She has also developed strong professional connections with her colleagues at the school.

Her work in the classroom is exemplary where she uses diagnostic assessments to get to know her students as learners and then uses that information to plan each student’s individual success. Mrs. Cummerford uses a variety of different pedagogical tools, ranging from traditional to more hands-on learning and her students are adept at using technology.

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Mr. Good is impressed mostly about her ability to build relationships with the students in her classrooms as well as their families. These relationships result in students believing in themselves as she instills confidence in them.

Cummerford has a diverse and challenging group of students and has handled this challenge exceedingly well and found ways for all of her students to succeed on an individual level and adjusts her teaching to meet the learning needs of students in her class.

Randi Cummerford is a compassionate and caring teacher who ensures the very best of her students. She exemplifies excellence each day in her classroom and is an outstanding nominee for this important and prestigious award.

(Red Deer Public Schools)