New Bedford based business, A Teaching Tree, markets
creative teaching materials on web
Two local women set out to create products to help ease
the burden on overworked teachers and ended up with a
new way to connect with the students
NEW BEDFORD, MA, Sep 30, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX)
-- Not many people realize that today's teachers are
mandated to dress their classroom bulletin boards with
something that does more that show off their students'
work. Classroom bulletin boards must further a lesson.
In addition, teachers provide the content themselves and
more often than not they go into their own pockets to do
it.
These days teachers must be ready to respond to changing
demands of national standardized testing. Linda Nosul is
a fourth grade teacher. She knows that today a teacher
must be prepared, flexible and always have a plan B
ready.
When she set out to devise a better bulletin board
design, she was joined by longtime friend, Cathy
Travers. Together they formed A Teaching Tree and began
developing simple, effective lesson enhancers.
Their interactive bulletin boards present visual and
tactile lessons that engage the students while
furthering perception of a vital premise. The lessons
can be thought provoking, as with the Pick a President
board, or fun, as with the character-driven Math Facts
boards. The model's innocuous presentation is deceiving.
Students are immediately interested and forget they are
learning.
Beyond this, the bulletin boards come as complete kits
containing everything the teacher needs for their
assembly. Background paper, push pins, lessons -- it's
all in one bag. No more shopping at different stores for
supplies and then making up a lesson plan. It's already
done -- right down to the final assessment sheets.
The new line is small but hugely effective. The method
capitalizes on the student's inherent interest, allowing
the objectives to be absorbed virtually unnoticed.
Expecting to launch its next line in December, the
company has several new concepts on the drawing board
for 2009. The expanding line will include time saving
and work enhancing helpers, such as timers and aprons,
but focus will continue to be the development of new
boards.
A Teaching Tree runs out of a warehouse in a converted
garment mill at 419 Sawyer Street in the city of New
Bedford, Massachusetts. Commerce is carried out over the
internet through their website at
www.ateachingtree.com but they can be reached by
phone at (508) 717-3247 or through email at
contact@ateachingtree.com.
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Sept. 30, 2008
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