Alisa Buckner latest HTT winner

Alisa Buckner, librarian at Cloudland Elementary School, is the latest Northeast Community Credit Union Helping Teachers Teach grant winner.

Buckner applied for the grant to help cover the cost to buy new books for the school’s library. She said the current library collection is challenged with aging, worn materials that have been heavily used along with outdated items that are no longer relevant to students.

“A well-stocked library is essential for meeting the academic, social and emotional needs of today’s learners,” Buckner said. “New books provide students with high-interest, age-appropriate reading materials that reflect their lives, cultures and interests. When students see themselves represented in books and are exposed to perspectives different from their own, they are likely to engage deeply with reading.”

Northeast Community Credit Union awards $300 every month to a classroom to be utilized for classroom needs, classroom activities, and academic enrichment.  Helping Teachers Teach is open to teachers within Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, Sullivan and Washington counties who are members of Northeast Community Credit Union. Area teachers may become members online or at any NCCU location and can download the grant application on the credit union’s website:  www.BeMyCU.org.