Courtney Erwin latest HTT winner

Courtney Erwin, special education teacher at East Side Elementary School, is the latest Northeast Community Credit Union Helping Teachers Teach grant winner.

Erwin applied for the grant to purchase new book sets to build her classroom library. She plans to purchase a variety of high-interest fiction and nonfiction books at multiple reading levels to meet the different needs of students. The books are used for guided reading groups, reading interventions, partner reading, and repeated practice to support students’ individual education goals.

“Many of my students receive specialized reading instruction and require repeated practice with texts to build fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and confidence,” she said.

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.