Teacher Spotlight: Lisa Light

Mrs. Lisa Light joined the Donoho faculty in the fall of 2007. She currently is the Intermediate Department Coordinator in the lower school and teaches English. Mrs. Light uses a variety of teaching methods in her classroom, including digital poetry and video book reports to engage her students. She has embraced the use of technology in instruction and has conducted workshops for her peers on how to use these resources in the classroom.

Mrs. Light is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in the area of Early Adolescence English Language Arts. Her board certification, which is valid for ten years, is a complement to her state teacher license. She recently completed the recertification process, featuring student learning in her language arts classes. This certification is achieved upon successful completion of a voluntary assessment program designed to recognize effective and accomplished teachers who meet high standards based on what teachers should know and be able to do.

During the summer months, Mrs. Light serves as co-director of the Jacksonville State University Writing Project. This project gives area teachers inspiring ideas and classroom techniques for improving students’ literacy skills. In 2010, Mrs. Light was awarded a two-week summer fellowship from the Holocaust Educators Network at Columbia University in New York City. Twenty-four teachers from across the country were selected to participate in the seminar, which offers a way for teachers to think collaboratively about teaching the Holocaust and other state-sanctioned atrocities. After the seminar, Mrs. Light shared resources with her peers at Donoho and developed in-service programs for Jacksonville State University.

Mrs. Light is married to Jimmy Light and they have one daughter, Tara.