0001|                       HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 37
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          SHERYL M. WILLIAMS
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THAT TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS BUILD INTO THEIR
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0012|     CURRICULA A COMPONENT TO INSTILL THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHERS'
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0013|     ROLES IN POLICY DEVELOPMENT.
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0015|          WHEREAS, the family is the most important influence in a
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0016|     child's life; and
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0017|          WHEREAS, teachers are essential partners with the family
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0018|     in establishing the backbone of our society by serving in
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0019|     schools to formulate the education process; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, teachers impact the daily lives of children in
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0021|     the learning process; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, empowerment of individual teachers will have a
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0023|     positive effect on public school policy; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, there are sixteen thousand teachers in the
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0025|     professional ranks in New Mexico; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, schools are the center of educational and social
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0002|     activity in most towns in New Mexico; and
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0003|          WHEREAS, parents, students, teachers, school personnel
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0004|     and extended family comprise the majority of the population of
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0005|     New Mexico; and
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0006|          WHEREAS, it is important that superintendents create
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0007|     empowering opportunities for teachers in their districts to
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0008|     engage in the policy and legislative process; and
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0009|          WHEREAS, the superintendent of public instruction plays
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0010|     an important role in encouraging local superintendents to
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0011|     support teachers' roles in the process;
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0012|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0013|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that teacher training institutions be
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0014|     requested to build into their curricula a component to instill
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0015|     in prospective teachers the importance of their roles in
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0016|     policy development; and
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0017|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0018|     transmitted to the superintendent of public instruction and to
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0019|     the teacher training institutions.
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