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Spotlight 4 Success
Teaching Wins That Last A Lifetime
The buzz of New Orleans sets a vibrant backdrop as we sit down with Emma Jones from Bogalusa City Schools to unpack how professional learning becomes real student impact. Emma has attended LACUE for five years, and she returns for one reason: to bring home resources she can use tomorrow. From technology that makes lessons click to ideas that elevate student projects, she shares how conferences fuel practical change and renew her energy for the classroom.
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Welcome to Spotlight for Success by American Book Company. I am Devin Pentosi, your host. We are here in wonderful New Orleans at the LACU 2025 conference. And we are so excited to be here with our special guest today, Emma Jones. Emma Jones, welcome.
SPEAKER_00:Hi, how are you doing?
SPEAKER_01:Emma Jones joins us from uh Bogaloosa City Schools. Is that right?
SPEAKER_00:That is correct.
SPEAKER_01:All right. So, Emma, can you tell us a bit about what brings you here to LACU?
SPEAKER_00:Well, I've been coming to LACU for the past five years, and I always come so I could get more resources to use in the classroom, different ideas, technology, so I could bring back to my school so I could use it in the classroom.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, that's wonderful. And uh can you tell me uh a little bit about uh uh what you do specifically in the in the classroom? Thank you for watching Spotlight for Success. I am Devin Pentosi, Chief Operating Officer of American Book Company. We are located here in our headquarters in Woodstock, Georgia. All of our materials are printed in USA. We have course books, ebooks, and online testing in grades K through 12 in mathematics, ELA, science, and social studies. These materials are all designed to help students achieve higher scores on their state-specific and high-stakes assessment. We guarantee score improvement. You can get free samples of our materials either in print or in electronic formats at abck12.com. We look forward to hearing from you.
SPEAKER_00:Phew, I teach all the business classes like uh web design, um, business, uh, uh entrepreneurship, broadcasting. Oh, right. Anything business you could think of, I teach it.
SPEAKER_01:Oh wow, that's wonderful. And uh can you tell us uh do you have a special moment where you're like, wow, this is why I got into teaching?
SPEAKER_00:There's so many of them. But my biggest thing is when I see my kids graduate and they're successful, and they come back to school and say, hey, Miss Jones, because of you, and also I just love that.
SPEAKER_01:Oh, that's awesome. That's great. Um, is there anything in specifically that you're hoping to get out of LACU's conference?
SPEAKER_00:More information and um excitement to bring in my classroom.
SPEAKER_01:Okay, that's great. And is there anything you'd like to share with the LACU community?
SPEAKER_00:Continue doing this. We love it, we um it's exciting, knowledgeable. So continue.
SPEAKER_01:Well, there we go. That sounds great. Once again, thank you so much. This is uh Emma Jones with Bogaloosa City Schools. Thank you for joining us today.
SPEAKER_00:All right, thank you.