I
am a graduate from Saint Martin's University's Education Department. I hold my Washington State K-8 Teaching Certificate with an endorsement in Elementary Education
and in Early Childhood Education (Preschool through grade 3). My academic field endorsements are Social Studies
and Language Arts.
I have spent over
25 years volunteering and mentoring in the Elma School District and did my student teaching with Elma 4th graders. I
taught at Elma's Story Hour Christian Preschool for about 6 years. This is my second year teaching kindergarten
at McCleary Grade School. I have grown to love the students, staff, school and community very much and am honored to
be allowed the opportunity to share in the lives of McCleary's students.
I believe that teaching and learning can and should be fun (most of the time). As an
educator, I try to utilize many different teaching methods in order to teach to each student's individual learning style
while having fun at the same time. I also believe that each child has special gifts, abilities and talents and I try
to encourage each individual in those specific areas while at the same time meeting and exceeding Washington State Learning Requirements.
You are welcome to tour my webpage and our classroom and get a feel for the management techniques we have put into place in our classroom.
