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There is only one sound method of moral education. It is teaching people to think.
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How To Contact Me:
Email: mrmattsmith@comcast.net.
Phone: 345-9021, extension 82161.
Mailing address: 1505 Candelaria Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107 Attn: Matt Smith.
Room: C 25.
About Me:
- Twelfth year teaching at Valley High School.
- Certified NBCT- National Board of Professional Teaching Standards.
- Member of the Journalism Education Association (JEA).
- Valley's newspaper adviser.
- Attended the AP National Conference- July, 2008, Seattle, Washington, July, 2006, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
- Member of the American Psychological Association Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS).
- Attended AP Summer Institute- Pre-AP English, University of New Mexico, June 2007.
- Attended AP Summer Institute- English Poetry, University of New Mexico, June 2006.
- Former English Department Chairperson.
- College Board AP Fellow- 2006.
- Attended the Advanced Placement Psychology Summer Institute, University of Texas-Arlington in 2005.
- National Honor Roll Outstanding Teacher- 2005-2006.
- GE Valley Academy Most Influential Teacher- 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
- Received the Valley High School Teachers Making a Difference Award- 2005, 2007, 2008.
- Who's Who Among American High School Teachers- 2002, 2004, 2005.
- Completed the Advanced Placement English Workshop in 2000 and many other workshops and conferences.
- Valley's yearbook adviser from 1997-2000.
- Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from the University of New Mexico in 1995 and teaching certification from UNM College of Education in 1997.
- Graduated from Manzano High School in 1985 and attended elementary and middle schools in Albuquerque.
- Resident of New Mexico since 1972.
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