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Irene Fox-Albury Magnet Lead Teacher E-MAIL

In 2000 she worked with the Annenburg Grant to improve the writing skills of her students. As a result, her students scored one to two grades higher on the FCAT writing examination.
Mrs. Fox-Albury is a strong advocate in requiring the arts in the total school curriculum. She is a member of many Arts Advocacy groups involved in Arts Education and Assessment. She strongly believes in academics as the staple of a child’s education but believes that the Arts play an integral role in education as well. “Research consistently shows the positive effects arts education plays in academic performance. Every child benefits by being involved in the arts. One of the most rewarding experiences in teaching the arts has been the ability to reach children in a different way and provide them with the positive self-image that lay the ground work for the focus and discipline necessary to achieve in life. To know that you have had a positive impact on child’s life and changed their path is why I teach.. I love what I do, and believe that this feeling filters through to the students”.
Presently many of Mrs. Fox-Albury’s former students are now dance teachers with Miami-Dade Public Schools.
Mrs. Fox-Albury has been recognized for her continued leadership in the Arts Education. She was honored in Orlando receiving the Arts Leadership Award in 1999. She has been nominated numerous times by her colleagues for “Teacher of the Year” and was awarded the “Teacher of the Year” in 1998 by the Florida Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
Mrs. Fox-Albury’s has served as president for the Dade Association of Dance Educators. Chairman for the Teacher of the Year, Region V Committee and a member of the Southern District Association. Presently she is writing lesson plan modules in dance for the new Performing Arts Center in Miami.