Alford, Beverly 2022-12-12
In the fourth interview, Beverly Alford discusses teaching elementary school in Dawson Creek, British Columbia (Canada) between 1973 and 1983. She explains the pedagogical differences and how she approached grading and lesson planning. After returning to Lubbock in 1984, she moved to Tech Terrace, explaining the improvements she made on her home. She also speaks on returning to be a physical education teacher. After retiring in 1996, Alford took on various jobs in Lubbock and Big Spring (including a short stint as a school principal), formally retiring in 2012 upon her cancer diagnosis. The interview concludes explaining how she weathered the COVID-19 times and the retirement community she has called home for the last decade.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Beverly Alford
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: December 12, 2022
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Elissa Stroman
Length: 02:06:56
Abstract
Introduction; moving to Canada; Teaching in Canada; adjusting to life in Canada; Teaching French; helping a student learn to read; Evaluating her students and herself; transitioning to teaching second grade; Her Canadian students and friends; moving back to Lubbock; Physical education; buying a house; Her house in Tech Terrace; neighbors; Retiring from teaching and leaving her home in Tech Terrace; Her thoughts on the COVID pandemic; Closing thoughts and wrap-up
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to a CD copy in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/373729 >
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