I have been a classroom teacher for thirty years! Most of those years were spent as a public school teacher. I have also taught at a charter school, which stressed integrating the arts across the curriculum.
I love integrating the arts into the curriculum! Happy classrooms with a buzz of business and colorful bulletin boards make a great, enriching environment for teaching and learning.
I've had many honors throughout my teaching career. I think just being a teacher and working with kids is the greatest honor ever! - Outstanding Student Teacher - Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year - Distinguished Educator Award - Recipient of three Junior League grants - Presenter at teacher workshops for behavior management in the classroom, transition techniques, math workshops, managing student teachers, back to school orientations for various grade levels
I had amazing elementary education teachers and lived around the corner from the school. I come from a long line of educators in my family--principals, elementary and high school teachers!
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PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific
English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Basic Operations, Graphing, Measurement, Science, Astronomy, Biology, Other (Science), Social Studies, Native Americans, U.S. History, World Languages, Spanish, Arts & Music, Graphic Arts, Music, Drama, Health, Other (Specialty), Other (Social Studies), Life Skills, Literature, Classroom Management, Character Education, Study Skills, General Science, Short Stories, Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, Tools for Common Core, Earth Day, Informational Text, Phonics, Close Reading, Classroom Community