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Great Schools Make Great Communities Three new Great Schools Great Communities radio spots feature members bridge translated and recorded our radio message into Spanish. It runs on station WYUS 930AM, "La Exitosa," Delaware's sole Spanish radio station. Jo teaches English as a Second Language at Woodbridge High School and loves her job. "The parents of my students are wonder- fully supportive, so grateful for what we are doing to help their chil- dren succeed." Her husband, Sean O'Grady, D WJBR's Morning Personality Dave Cruise (left) presents Dean Dickerson with his "Teacher of the Month" Award. Former Principal Evelyn Edney (right) nominated him. Great teacher honored as part of our Great Schools Great Communities campaign WJBR's Teacher of the Month Program, spon- sored by DSEA, honors Vo-Tech teacher. Wilmington, "takes any student in his career area, no matter what the student's background, discipline records, or grades. He believes that he can help students rise to their potential by mixing high expecta- tions with engaging lessons," wrote Evelyn Edney about Dickerson in her nomination. Edney was princi- pal and is now dir. of school opera- tions and special projects for the New Castle County Vo-Tech School District. Her nomination for WJBR's Teacher of the Month was chosen by the staff there for the month of December. Surprising Dickerson and his stu- dents were not only Evelyn Edney, but also Dave Cruise, WJBR's morning personality; his current principal, Stan Spoor; Pam Nichols from DSEA; and Dickerson's wife, Dawn, a comput- er technology teacher there. Both are also proud graduates of Howard D ean Dickerson, engine technology teacher at Howard High School in High School. DSEA and WJBR pro- mote the program on air, encourag- ing the public to go to the WJBR web site and nominate a great teacher online. The site is at . Anyone can make a nomina- tion. Dickerson was noticeably stunned as the presentation of a plaque and gift certificate for dinner for two were presented to him as part of this honor. "Most of his students stay within their field after graduation either by going right to employment or by attending some of the best career and technical colleges in the coun- try!" concluded Edney about one of the significant strengths of Delaware's vocational-technical sys- tem - its great teachers. Dean's wife Dawn surprises him at the Award Presentation. She teaches com- puter technology at Howard High School. We're looking for student videos illustrating "Teacher Tips" on web page W e are inviting any and all high school teachers to talk to their video students about producing a video to illustrate the "Teacher Tips" on our Great Schools Great Communities web page. We have great "Teacher Tips" on that page, but no video. Go to for all the details, including prizes. Deadline? Any time before the end of the school year. Contact Pam Nichols, DSEA dir. of communications, at or by phone at 1-866-734-5834. 16 February 2012 DSEA ACTION! Jo and Sean O'Grady of Woodbridge record radio spots for DSEA over winter break at the WAFL radio station in Milford. www.dsea.org Delaware Teacher of the Year Amber Augustus of Smyrna also recorded a radio spot for DSEA which you can hear on WJBR and several Kent and Sussex stations. teaches 8th grade at Phyllis Wheatley Middle School, also in Woodbridge. His spot runs on sever- al Kent and Sussex County stations: WDSD-FM 92.7, WJKS-FM KISS 101.7, WAFL-FM Eagle 97.7; and WWFG-FM 99.9. SEA's radio spots are run- ning in January, March and May. Jo O'Grady of Wood- http://wjbr.com/contest/teacher- month http://www.greatschoolsgreat communities.com/tips/ Questions? pamela.nichols@dsea.org