Naima Lilly
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Teacher
A Harvard University graduate, Naima Lilly is a 5th grade teacher at P.S. 135 in Queens, NY. She believes that education is more than teaching content-specific knowledge. It’s about unleashing the skills and talents that students possess, thus inspiring them to be life-long learners. To achieve her goals she has earned a Master’s Degree at Queens College and also at New York University. Notwithstanding her academic pursuits, Naima is an integral part of her school community; having served as UFT Chapter Leader, volunteered for curriculum mapping teams and is currently a member of the Inquiry Team – which is tracking the use of data-based decision making at the school level. In all her endeavors, including participation in the Teachers Network for Leadership Institute in 2010 -2011 and serving as a panelist at the Celebration of Teaching and Learning in 2012, Naima takes action in and outside the school to make teachers’ voices heard in education policy.
Posts By Naima Lilly
June 27, 2012 / Naima Lilly
Standardized tests have made a permanent home in the education landscape. With the move to Common Core Standards and the work being done to create nationally accepted teaching standards, the next logical step is the creation of standardized tests aligned
to those standards. So yes, they’re here to stay. The question is no longer how do we get rid of them, but how do we reform them so that they’re useful to teachers, students and parents.
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May 29, 2012 / Naima Lilly
When making decisions about how to run our schools, teachers are often absent from the conversation.
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