The science department at Chamblee Charter High School has added an experienced and enthusiastic teacher to its already strong arsenal of instructors.
Tamera Hunter, a native of Rome, GA, is now teaching physics and physical science at CCHS. Her passion for educating others dates back to her time in high school.
“I had a very distinctive high school biology teacher,” said Hunter. “He absolutely inspired me.”
Hunter was a teaching assistant at Georgia State before working in the Whitfield County, Bartow County, and Macon County school districts. She recently taught at the DeKalb Online Academy for two years before coming to CCHS.
Although Hunter enjoyed certain perks of the online class set-up, such as more individualized learning, she is taking a new approach in her classes now. She hopes it will still allow for a more personalized learning style for her students.
“What I’m doing is a little bit different,”, said Hunter. “In my class, we’re going for content mastery and skill mastery.”
Hunter wants to give her students the best opportunity to learn and perfect the material through the application of higher-level thinking skills.
“Their [students’] own goals, their own learning plan for mastery of content requires higher-level thinking skills,” said Hunter.
She also wants her students to understand that she is there to help when they need it.
“You have to engage with the child so that they’re working with you to tell you what they need,” said Hunter.
In her first days at Chamblee, Hunter has noticed that many of her colleagues appear to be “content-experts”, and her high praise reaches the student body as well.
“The student body, as a whole, is pretty impressive,” says Hunter. “It’s diverse culturally, diverse intellectually.”
Hunter also has insight into the benefits of a student body representative of the mosaic that CCHS exemplifies.
“Accepting people as individuals and valuing them for what they can offer is just fantastic,” said Hunter.
Outside of the classroom, Hunter is an avid reader. Her favorite genres include sci-fi, mysteries, and thrillers. She also enjoys sewing and playing computer games.
