I graduated with my Bachelor's Degree from Washington State University. I am currently doing coursework towards a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction at Northwest Nazarene University. I believe that a teacher should never stop learning or become stagnate in their practices. Our students are never the same from year to year and we should not teach them as if they are. The world we live in is changing and as teachers we need to be responsive to the digital natives that are our students.
I have had some wonderfully exciting and challenging teaching experiences! I taught reading and language intervention for sixth seventh and eighth grade students in the middle school and I have taught first grade for several years. Teaching students to read is my passion. Reading is a complex and non-intuitive process and it is so rewarding to be the one to teach students this skill that is so necessary in today's world.
I am striving to incorporate technology to engage my students in learning. I am always looking for effective tools to engage and excite learners. To be responsive to the digital age I am incorporating technology as much as possible in my first grader's education. The amount of technology that is available to students today affects the way that they learn and therefore I believe that technology should be utilized to create learning experience that are meaningful to students today.
