Barbara Martin, MA, Honored as a VIP Member by Cambridge Who's Who for Excellence in Gifted Education
An expert mathematics teacher, Barbara Martin handles classes in the third through eighth grades, utilizing a unique program specifically designed for 630 of the county's most promising students.

PENSACOLA, FL, March 26, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Barbara Martin, Teacher in the Program for Academically Talented Students for Escambia County School District, has been recognized as a VIP member by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of gifted education.

Ms. Martin has 17 years of experience as an educator, with the last 12 of these years spent teaching the academically gifted at Escambia County School District. An expert mathematics teacher, she handles classes in the third through eighth grades, utilizing a unique program specifically designed for 630 of the county's most promising students. She teaches accounting, debits and credits, and data analysis through a stock market game, helping her pupils follow stocks and determine when they should make a purchase. Ms. Martin believes that the needs of academically talented children are often overlooked because it is assumed that they have an advantage; she considers being able to work with them and see them enjoy learning to be the most rewarding aspects of her career. She was nominated for Teacher of the Year in 2005 by her fellow teachers at the program for Academically Talented Students at Brown Barge Middle School.

An alumna of Auburn University, Ms. Martin received her Master of Arts in Elementary Education in 1972. She also earned an Endorsement in Gifted Education from the University of Alabama in 1995. She is a member of the Escambia County Association of Social Studies, the Florida Association for the Gifted, the National Association for Gifted Children, the National Council for the Gifted, the National Education Association, Kappa Delta Pi, Alpha Omicron Pi, and Alpha Delta Kappa. Ms. Martin enjoys her work immensely, and looks forward to more years in the same capacity.

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