Instructor Spotlight

Barry Lucy lgBarry Lucy
Ruidoso High School
Ruidoso, New Mexico

What do you teach at your school?
Art

How long have you been a teacher?
28 years

Describe an instance that made you particularly proud to be a teacher.
Working with students with profound disabilities to make art. 

What do you do for fun?
Everything I do, I do for fun.

What books are on your nightstand right now?
"Skinny Legs and All" by Tom Robbins, "The Great Shark Hunt" by Hunter S.Thompson and "Zen and the Birds of Appetite" by Thomas Merton.

Why do you like to train other teachers?
They train me back.

Why do you choose to teach in the teacher professional development programs at Rice in particular?
The teachers with whom I work at Rice and the staff of the AP Summer Institute are knowledgeable and fun to work with.

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“IB workshop was very informative. Instructor was very engaging and helpful. I learnt a lot in these three days and feel comfortable to embark on my new journey on teaching an IB class.”