0001|                          SENATE MEMORIAL 8
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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|                             CYNTHIA NAVA
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0009|     
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     PRAISING TEACHERS AND SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.
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0012|     
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0013|          WHEREAS, the family is the most important influence in a
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0014|     child's life; and
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0015|          WHEREAS, teachers are essential partners with the family
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0016|     in establishing the backbone of our society by serving in
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0017|     schools to formalize the education process; and
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0018|          WHEREAS, teachers daily affect the lives of children in
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0019|     the learning process; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, empowerment of individual teachers will have a
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0021|     positive effect on public school policy; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, there are sixteen thousand teachers in the
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0023|     professional ranks in New Mexico; and
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0024|          WHEREAS, schools are the center of educational and social
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0025|     activity in most towns in New Mexico; and
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0001|          WHEREAS, parents, students, teachers, school personnel
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0002|     and extended family comprise the majority of the population of
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0003|     New Mexico;
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0004|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
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0005|     OF NEW MEXICO that it support public school superintendents in
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0006|     their efforts to create empowering opportunities for teachers
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0007|     to engage in the policy and legislation building process in
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0008|     their districts; and
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0009|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the senate support the state
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0010|     superintendent's efforts to work with local superintendents
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0011|     and their boards to ensure the involvement of teachers in this
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0012|     process; and
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0013|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that teacher training institutions
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0014|     build into their curricula a component to instill in
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0015|     prospective teachers the importance of their roles in policy
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0016|     development; and
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0017|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0018|     transmitted to the state department of public education for
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0019|     distribution to the state's public school teachers.
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0020|                              
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