{"id":82,"date":"2017-09-08T11:38:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T15:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/jradcliffe\/?p=82"},"modified":"2017-09-08T11:38:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T15:38:28","slug":"82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/jradcliffe\/2017\/09\/08\/82\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">September 6, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear Parent or Guardian,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am very excited to be joining the Smith family this year as your child\u2019s Social Studies teacher and I would like to give you some information about my background.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decision to enter the teaching profession was one that I made after spending many years in the retail and business management fields and it has been the best decision I have ever made. \u00a0My experience in the working world outside of Education gives me a unique perspective that helps me to make my lessons more relevant to my students. \u00a0Since I began teaching 7 years ago, I have worked in a variety of educational settings, gaining experience working with students at both the middle and high school level. \u00a0In addition to working with students of different ages, I have worked with advanced students as well as those who have struggled with their school work. \u00a0I also have experience teaching students who are still learning to speak English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am certain that we will have a great year as we work together to provide your child with the best education possible and I welcome your participation in their education. \u00a0Please do not hesitate to email me at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:RadcliJ@dearbornschools.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RadcliJ@dearbornschools.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or call the school at 313-827-2800.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I look forward to meeting you at the Open House on September 13th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regards,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James B. Radcliffe, Ed.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social Studies Teacher<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O.L. Smith Middle School<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 6, 2017 &nbsp; Dear Parent or Guardian, &nbsp; I am very excited to be joining the Smith family this year as your child\u2019s Social Studies teacher and I would like to give you some information about my background. The decision to enter the teaching profession was one that I made after spending many years &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/jradcliffe\/2017\/09\/08\/82\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2039,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/jradcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/jradcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/jradcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/jradcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/jradcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/jradcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/jradcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/jradcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/jradcliffe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}