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Nancy Lorine Givens
Ms. Nancy Lorine Givens the second child and daughter of Otha and Rosa Warren birthday is February third. The sanctity of the warmth Nancy felt in her family fashioned the characte...view moreMs. Nancy Lorine Givens the second child and daughter of Otha and Rosa Warren birthday is February third. The sanctity of the warmth Nancy felt in her family fashioned the character within her. She came from a family of avid servant leaders of Jesus Christ. Ms. Givens was under the tutelage, of her mother by faithfully attending Miles Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Crockett, Texas.
She received her Bachelor of Science Degree from Prairie View A&M University with honors1967. She matriculated to several institutions of higher education, which include Texas Southern University (Elementary Education Certification 1971), and Post Baccalaureate Studies 1975. In addition to her enthusiasm for education, she attended University of Texas Institute of Christian Studies 1999.
The Texas native had an insatiable hunger for knowledge. Ms. Givens participated in the Henry Levin’s study of the Effectiveness of Accelerated Schools and participated with the Dana Center. She participated in the U Teach Program at The University of Texas at Austin. In the summer of 2000, she participated in the Southwest Regional Center for Accelerated Schools Power Learning Lab. Also, she collaborated with colleagues, external coaches, and Dana Center content specialists. She agreed to serve on the Barrington Elementary Principal Selection Committee. This committee’s work is extremely pertinent to the future of the school.
She brings to the text her extensive years of experience teaching writing. As a fourth grade teacher at Sims Elementary 1986, Ms. Givens wrote the Language Arts and Reading Strategies for the Austin Independent School District fourth grade curriculum, “Scope and Sequence.” She facilitated teachers writing in-service programs also, selected to attend Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Curriculum in-service and taught Balanced Literacy. Also, she supervised student teachers in the classroom from The University of Texas at Austin for years; chaired academic cadre’ and served as grade level chair person. During the summer of 1993, Ms. Givens coordinated a successful summer school program and provided leadership for the school in the absence of the principal. Therefore, Ms. Givens was the summer school principal at Sims Elementary the year 1993. Also during her post retirement year of 2008-2009, she became a part of the Pearce Middle School faculty and staff to teach sixth grade language arts. Never say never because returning graciously to the classroom to teach was truly a new era in her life that she never dreamed.
Ms. Givens echoes, “Teaching is a love that comes from the heart and is certainly a noble and honorable profession”. The profession does not offer stock options or exotic travel opportunities, but some of the perks of being a teacher can be invaluable. For example, can anything challenge with pride that comes from learning that your students have gone on to lead successful, productive lives? The evidence of faith shown during the students’ undefeated prosperous careers one must be overwhelmed. Therefore, she decided, to spend most of her career in an honorable profession, because of the lives she would impact. One point Ms. Givens is confident of, she will never be aware of the number of lives she touched along her teaching journey. She is a woman with many passions and teaching is one that she has always had, and truly loves.view less