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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING JAMESTOWN TEACHER CHARLENE TUTTLE FOR BEING

NAMED THE 2019 RHODE ISLAND TEACHER OF THE YEAR

     Introduced By: Senators Euer, McCaffrey, Felag, Algiere, and Lombardi

     Date Introduced: June 14, 2018

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, Charlene Tuttle, a 6th grade social studies and science teacher at the Lawn

School in Jamestown, has been named the 2019 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year. The Teacher

of the Year program was begun by President Dwight D. Eisenhower when he had the idea of

selecting a teacher of the year annually from each state as a way to bring honor and recognition to

the teaching profession. President Eisenhower strongly believed that teachers were the "nurturers

of the American dream"; and

     WHEREAS, Ms. Tuttle, an educator for more than 25 years with extensive teaching

experience in Providence, Central Falls, and Santa Ana, California, is an innovative and

passionate teaching professional who cares deeply about her students. She has the unique ability

to make the crucial teaching of the STEM subjects, science, technology, engineering and

mathematics, come alive in her classroom. She also has a knack for exploring projects in her

classroom that are fun, interesting, hands-on and work-based, and relatable to the daily lives of

her students and their future goals and aspirations; and

     WHEREAS, Under her guidance and direction, Ms. Tuttle's students have raised salmon

eggs and chickens, planted seeds, and learned about hydroponic gardening and how to build their

own underwater robots, which they got to test in a pool. She has also created and run after-school

coding workshops, and has collaborated with Roger Williams University and aquaculture

businesses to study the local environment and seek out ways to protect it and preserve our vital

natural resources; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Ms. Tuttle has extensive statewide experience in issues related

to professional curriculum development. She has previously served as a member of the Rhode

Island State Leadership Team for the development of Next Generation Science Standards. As the

Teacher of the Year, Ms. Tuttle will work with the Rhode Island Department of Education in

2018-2019 to help develop policy, lead teacher training, and support all Rhode Island teachers;

now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby congratulates Ms. Charlene Tuttle for being named the 2019 Rhode Island Teacher of the

Year. We thank Ms. Tuttle for her tireless devotion to her students and our state, and we wish her

continued success in all her future endeavors; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Ms. Charlene Tuttle.

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