Joyce Patton Shreveport, LA | 7-12, Science, 1986

Joyce Bradford Patton began her teaching career in 1972 in New York. She taught there three years before returning home to Louisiana where she taught Earth Science at Walnut Hill Elementary Middle School, then Caddo Middle Magnet School in Shreveport where she was teaching when she received the Presidential Award in 1986. Joyce taught science for 21 years before being promoted to Assistant Principal for Instruction at Caddo Middle Magnet School. She retired after 37 years in 2007. Joyce received her B.S. in biology from Grambling College (now Grambling State University); M.S. in education from State University of New York Teacher's College at Buffalo; and Administrative Certification from Louisiana State University at Shreveport. Winning the Presidential Award opened the opportunity for Joyce to serve at the forefront of state education reform. Some of her experiences include Operation Physics trainer and presenter; member of the "Louisiana Coalition for an Educational Renaissance;" Louisiana Systemic Initiative Program advisory committee member; and Review Team for LEAP for the 21st Century. She represented Louisiana's teachers at the 1st Japan/America Grass Roots Summit in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan, in 1991. Joyce has the following publications to her credit: "Views of the Moon as Seen From Earth," Science Activities on File: Facts on File Publication, 1989; "Cooperative Learning: A Plus for the Middle School Science Program": Louisiana Middle School Journal, Spring, 1991.21-23; and "Strategies for Strengthening Literacy Learning in a Middle School Science Program" Chapter 5, Developing Literacy Skills Across the Curriculum: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2001.

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