...I received a long-term substitute position for the next two years, and then received a 3rd grade contracted position in the fall of 2016. I stayed in that position until the fall of 2021 when I became an ESL teacher within the same district. While working, I received a masters from Gwynedd Mercy University in Special Education. (read more)
...Then, I met my fifth grade history and writing teacher. He would make games out of lessons, such as letting us crumple up paper and throw it at eachother to show us how fair or unfair some civil war battles were; he'd read our assigned books aloud with us in such a theatrical way that it kept ev... (read more)
...I had many excellent professors in college, but my particular favorite professor stands out most vividly in my mind. During his lectures, he would sometimes go over material that I wasn't quite grasping in that exact moment, but I believed I just needed a few minutes to think more about it and i... (read more)
...Chemistry is dreaded by many many students and quite frankly, a lot of poeple just don't know how to relate it to the common person. Teachers do not realize that not everyone wants to pursue chemistry and sometimes all students want is to learn as painlessly as possible while achieving an A. I ... (read more)
...I have taught a diverse group of students in grades K-5 with specific learning disabilities, autism, other health impairments, speech and language impairments, emotional disturbances, and non-compliant behaviors. During this experience, I have become skilled at differentiating instruction, plann... (read more)