ROSE PHARR SINCLAIR

GRADUATION YEAR

1984

CURRENT POSITION

Retired since June 2000. Served as teacher and librarian in Texas City and Galena Park ISDs for a total of 30 years. My last two years, I served as Lead Librarian in Galena Park ISD.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Rose and Lonnie Sinclair
18 Meadowhawk Place
Conroe, Texas 77384
936/321-9858

olsinclair@prodigy.net

AWARDS

Texas City Jaycees Outstanding Young Educator 1977
Texas PTA Life Membership from Woodland Acres Middle School (Galena Park ISD)
Teacher of the Month twice at Cunningham Middle School (Galena Park ISD)
Who's Who Among America's Teachers 1996.

PUBLICATIONS

Texas City Curriculum Guide for Team Teaching in Tenth-Grade English (1970)
Galena Park Curriculum Guide for Library Skills (1980)

DESCRIPTION OF YOUTH/CHILDREN'S SERVICES

In 1982, Galena Park ISD opened Cunningham Middle School as a new school. CMS was the first in Galena Park ISD to (1) use the computer for library administration; (2) use Accelerated Reader to promote reading; (3) use a regular plan to teach research (later adopting the Big Six as a method for teaching research); (4) to promote the school's History Fair with library-based research - the event is now a Multi-Cultural Fair, a district-wide event ; and (5) to be rated TAAS Exemplary as a Middle School in 1999 and again in 2001. CMS is the only secondary school in the district to be rated Exemplary! I was the first librarian in the district to sponsor an annual Book Fair to promote reading and fund-raising for the library. With 60% of the students at CMS At Risk, I believe that the library was a significant factor in helping teachers and students to excel.