Susie Haas
2000 Inductee

John Adams Elementary School
Corona, California
Years in present position: 14
Total years as a classroom teacher: 25

Career Highlights

• Susan Moore Haas has written a variety of documents and books that support kindergarten students, their parents, and their teachers. She has been praised by colleagues throughout the United States for her expertise in literacy instruction and presents seminars across the nation.
• Haas says her "philosophical beliefs concerning how children make sense of the world around them are the foundation of the instructional program I have created for my students. I believe all children deserve to be taught in an environment that will promote, value, and nurture their natural desire to learn."
• Her home reading program, called Lap-Reading, educates parents in early literacy strategies by offering monthly ideas that increase reading at home. The Lap-Reading program is used by hundreds of other educators and parents across the nation.
• Haas incorporates a stuffed animal mascot named Spot in her class. Spot travels home with each child sometime during the school year and sleeps over two nights at the child's home. Spot has his own personal journal where the child writes and draws about his adventures. He has been around for so many years that he has become a member of the community. Spot has been featured in the local newspaper, attended Brownie meetings and football games, co-piloted a news-radio airplane, visited the dentist for a check-up, and loves to be goofy at Disneyland.

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