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BEST PRACTICES AWARDS “As part of these classes, students are given tours of the actual
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into the building. ey use the materials going into the buildings to
design and build useful features that will be a part of the building
sets a course using a GPS unit to nd the hidden treasure. Weekly for years to come.”
participation only has one requirement. Students must rst attend Working through STEM classes, steel benches and concrete
one hour of direct intervention and/or group tutoring in a subject stepping stones have been designed and built by students from
area where they are struggling. third grade to eighth grade. Students develop not only knowledge
“ e prospect of a global hide-and-seek adventure is enough and skills, but also a sense of pride and ownership in their school,
to entice students to seek the additional assistance,” the nominator the nominator wrote.
wrote. “Over a ve-month period students have access to 12 hours “ is is just another example of how every employee in the
of additional tutoring and the results have been astonishing. In district is a part of the learning going on in our district,” the
the 2016-17 school year, half of the 36 students identi ed and nominator wrote.
encouraged to participate improved from “Partially Pro cient” to
“Pro cient.” “Mr. Barkman allowed me the opportunity to present
Steve Pomroy was selected for his role in designing and overseeing at conferences with him so I could learn to publicly
projects to renovate and rebuild aging Tempe Elementary School speak and start presenting on my own as the next
District buildings, and speci cally asking for input from students.
In a program called “Contractors in the Classroom,” students are generation of speakers, and to improve my own
asked to provide design concepts of what they would like to see in practices within my own procurement department.
their new school buildings. He has taught me, mentored me, given me advice on
Pomroy’s nominator wrote: “From masonry, drywall and how to help others as well as educating me how to
framing, mechanical systems to marketing and communication,
the skills taught tie into not only the construction of the building be a better procurement professional.”
but also to the state academic standards – giving students examples — The person who nominated Gary Barkman
of how the concepts they are learning in class are applied in real life.

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