I am one of Harriet Cuffaro’s girls – graduated summer of ‘97. I have been back in India for 11 years now. I’ve retired from classroom teaching – because my husband has a transferable job, one year at a place. I am now a teachers’ trainer. Believe it or not, I did 4 days of 6 hours each in Muscat – that’s 24 hours! And the teachers say I touched their hearts and ticked their minds. It’s all what I got from you. I have done over 150+ workshops all over north India. And I remember Bank Street, Harriet, my wonderful professors and my dear, dear advisement group every time, not to mention The Roosevelt Island Day Nursery, and the two wonderful Bank Street inspired schools, Manhattan Country and PS 184 where our children bloomed and grew.
I taught for 9 years on my return to India, and though watered down, I’ve evolved, adapted, grown and am still seeking. Just to say thank you.
Love,
Preminda Langer
P.S. Harriet and Connie, if you see this, do write back – premindasworld@hotmail.com.
I am a Bank Street graduate in early childhood special education. I now work for Bank Street and I have a five-year-old daughter adopted from Orissa, India. I have been to India 4 times and feel deeply attached to it. Thank you for your blog.
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SAVE THE DATE!
Mark your 2010 calendar now for the 2009-2010 Bank Street College Alumni Awards Ceremony
Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 6pm
The Tabas Auditorium
Bank Street College of Education
610 West 112th Street, New York City
The Honorees will include
* Claudine Brown, Program Director, Arts and Culture, the Nathan Cummings Foundation
* Sandye Poitier Johnson, Principal, Thurgood Marshall Academy, Harlem
* Lee Kogan, Curator Emeritus, American Folk Art Museum
Please contact Lreing@bankstreet.edu for more information.
Alisa Algava ‘08, leader of a small Hudson Valley progressive school
Bill Ayers ‘84, UIC professor, Chicago
Elena Canaras ‘07, Special Education teacher, Hawaii
Virginia Casper, Bank Street faculty member
Jim Clay ‘88, director of a Washington DC Quaker preschool
Mary DeCamp Cotterall ‘87, Reading Specialist, Michigan
Leslie Day '93, adjunct instructor at Bank Street and author of Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City
Mary Louise (Molly) Day ‘76, Lab School teacher, Chicago
Diane Trister Dodge '70, founder and president of Teaching Strategies, Inc.
Janine Fetters ‘02, Senior Associate of Parent Engagement at NACCRRA
Dena Florczyk '88, middle school teacher and founder/director of The Nigerian School Project
Joanne Ruvolo Gannett ‘84, Columbia College art history professor, Chicago
Margot Hammond, Director of the Center for Early Childhood Professionals
Pam Jones ‘05, Bank Street advisor and instructor
Lee Klinger Lesser ‘87, trainer for the Parent Services Project
Rabin Nickens ‘03, Speaker, Trainer and Educational Consultant
Beth Norford ‘89, consultant and former School for Children teacher
Jessica Poser, assistant professor of art education at UIC, Chicago
Jesse Pugh '76, BSCAA President
Meg Rauen ‘06, former Chicago elementary school teacher, NY
Rosalind Rothman '62, retired NYC teacher and guidance counselor
Arielle Sacks ‘06, middle school teacher, Brooklyn, NY
Linda Appleman (Guidall) Shapiro ‘81, psychotherapist and author
Debbie Stone ‘84, former teacher/co-director of High Valley School
Allison Warren '08, new mom, recent grad, and early childhood teacher
Max Weinberg ‘03, Francis Parker School teacher, Chicago
Ted Wells ‘07, 4th grade teacher at The Park School, Brookline, MA
1. lorraine yamin | December 20, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Hello Preminda,
I am a Bank Street graduate in early childhood special education. I now work for Bank Street and I have a five-year-old daughter adopted from Orissa, India. I have been to India 4 times and feel deeply attached to it. Thank you for your blog.
Best,
Lorraine Yamin
mom to Manika