I am a special education teacher with over 15 years of teaching experience teaching students of all ages, levels and abilities. I taught in various community settings, school settings, homeschool students, and online.
I believe learning should be fun for both the students and the teacher and I enjoy creating differentiated materials for engaged learning that is suitable for different learning style.
2005-2007 National Dean’s List Recipient Publications: (2012) Attitudes about psychotherapy: A qualitative study of introductory psychology students who have never been in psychotherapy and the influence of attachment style. Counseling and Psychotherapy Research (2016) Disclosure and nondisclosure about being in counseling, Counselling Psychology Quarterly, DOI: 10.1080/09515070.2016.1158154
Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and Psychology (double major), Masters Degree in Special Education- both from The University of Maryland. Master Degree in Educational Leadership from Hood College
I am married to a wonderful man- “D” and we have two amazing kids- a boy and a girl. I was not born in USA but have lived in the east coast all my adult life. Other than my family- teaching is my life!
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Other (Math), Science, Biology, Earth Sciences, Other (Science), Social Studies, U.S. History, World Languages, Special Education, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, School Counseling, Word Problems, General Science, Physical Science, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Mental Math, Speech Therapy, Place Value, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Handwriting, Hebrew, Vocational Education, Early Intervention, School Psychology, Phonics, Close Reading, Classroom Community