Owen’s dissertation earns special award
Ashworth Middle School teacher Rebecca Owen named recipient of the 2019 School Improvement Dissertation of the Year Award from University of West Georgia.
Consignors keep 70 percent of proceeds from their sales, and the rest goes to the Lydia Circle outreach mission program at First Presbyterian, according to Gay Little, a church member for over 30 years. Lydia Circle donates money mostly to community causes that benefit young people.
“Our focus really is to try to help the children and youth in the community,” Little says.
The sale is known for its track record of offering good-quality items.
“We’re very particular about that we take in,” Little says. “No broken toys or stained clothing. The idea is these are supposed to be gently used clothes.”
Items left over after the sale go the Voluntary Action Center.
A $5 consignment fee to help with advertising and postage applies, and organizers deduct it from each consigner’s proceeds, which consignors can expect to receive by mail shortly after the sale.
Consignors are responsible for tagging their own items. The sale has specific instructions for tagging items. Email organizer Retha Haddock at little.lambs@bellsouth.net for more information. The sale will accept clothing for babies and children in current styles as well as shoes. Furniture and toys for babies and children are also welcome, along with DVDs rated G or PG, books and maternity wear.
First Presbyterian will also host “All God’s Beauty,” June 21-22, another consignment sale that will feature women’s clothes shoes and jewelry.
See the Calhoun Times for more information closer to the time of the sale.
Ashworth Middle School teacher Rebecca Owen recently was announced as the recipient of the 2019 School Improvement Dissertation of the Year Award from the University of West Georgia.
“Under the direction of Dr. Yan Yang, her dissertation, ‘Exploring the Relationship Between Rural Young Adolescents’ Expectancy-Values in Reading and their Reading Performance’ investigated a critical issue and has valuable practical applications in the field of school improvement,” a news release stated.
“With reading education being a vital part of American school system, school improvement inevitably includes providing educators with better training on read- ing education in K-12 school systems, particularly in rural schools that need more support,” the release continued.
In her dissertation, Owen looked to provide a different perspective on reading education. She focused on a motivational approach to reading, “investigating rural adolescents reading performance and their expectancy and value beliefs in this important subject, and studying the relationship between their motivational beliefs and their reading performance,” the release stated.
A Cartersville native, Owen is in her 11th year of teaching, all at Ashworth. In addition to teaching sixth-grade reading and language arts, she is the head track and field coach for Ashworth, also assisting the high school track team at Gordon Central.
Prior to receiving her doctorate from UWG, Owen received a specialist in education degree from the University of Georgia in 2014, earning her ESOL endorsement. She received her Master of Arts degree in 2011 from Piedmont College, and earned her Bachelor of Science in Education degree at UGA.
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