My Bio Resume
I love to teach. I discovered this through various experiences I have been given to enlighten me and show me that helping children learn is something that I am passionate about and good at. Looking back at my own elementary years there is one teacher who stands out to me as a strong, ambitious, and fiercely compassionate leader. Her number one priority was creating a classroom atmosphere of kindness and respect for all. Second to that she worked her hardest to ensure that her students were successful - regardless of whether or not that took two easy steps or nineteen challenging strides. Her example resonated with me, remaining in the back of my mind for years after our time together. In high school I was blessed with another memorable teacher. She was amazingly calm and had a quiet authority that encouraged a community of dedication and determination to grow. Her humble wisdom and the way she patiently motivated her students to always strive for higher goals was something I never forgot. Both of these teachers embodied traits that I immediately noticed and appreciated even while they were actively teaching me.
I first realized my own love for working with children when I began volunteering in my home church’s Sunday school program. I spent the majority of my time with kids who were in kindergarten and grade one. It was not long before I realized that they were pouring into me equally as much as I was pouring into them.
After I graduated from high school I worked as a summer student at my home church organizing and leading camps for children in kindergarten to grade five. It was an amazing job that taught me a lot about being a leader, having an understanding of how much preparation goes into a lesson or activity, and how to remain patient and graceful in a tough situation.
During the work term of my degree, I taught Grade 9 English at Sussex Regional High School and discovered how much I enjoyed teaching at the secondary level. After graduating from Crandall University with my Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education, I supplied for less than a year before I got my first long-term position at PALS in Sussex. I'm quite certain that this job taught me more than all my previous experience combined, and to say I was sad to leave those students at the end of my contract is putting it lightly. My heart and my mind had been completely opened to a whole new way of working with young people, especially those at risk.
That leads me to this year, when I'll be calling SRHS home once again and teaching English 9 and Visual Arts 9. I'm very grateful to be doing what I do. I believe that every single student is special and, therefore, they deserve at least one person in their lives that they can trust and feel valued by. I want to be that person. I want them to enter my classroom in the morning and know that with me they are safe to learn, dream, and achieve.
I believe that a teacher should be passionate, caring, patient, eager to extend grace, and willing to learn and grow themselves. It is my hope that through the teachers who inspired me during my time as a student, as well as the young people who, in their own way, continue to show me how to be a teacher, I am beginning to embody these important traits for myself.
I believe in the power of knowledge in a student's life, but I am also eager to provide my students with support and care along the way. I want to make a positive difference in their lives.
I first realized my own love for working with children when I began volunteering in my home church’s Sunday school program. I spent the majority of my time with kids who were in kindergarten and grade one. It was not long before I realized that they were pouring into me equally as much as I was pouring into them.
After I graduated from high school I worked as a summer student at my home church organizing and leading camps for children in kindergarten to grade five. It was an amazing job that taught me a lot about being a leader, having an understanding of how much preparation goes into a lesson or activity, and how to remain patient and graceful in a tough situation.
During the work term of my degree, I taught Grade 9 English at Sussex Regional High School and discovered how much I enjoyed teaching at the secondary level. After graduating from Crandall University with my Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education, I supplied for less than a year before I got my first long-term position at PALS in Sussex. I'm quite certain that this job taught me more than all my previous experience combined, and to say I was sad to leave those students at the end of my contract is putting it lightly. My heart and my mind had been completely opened to a whole new way of working with young people, especially those at risk.
That leads me to this year, when I'll be calling SRHS home once again and teaching English 9 and Visual Arts 9. I'm very grateful to be doing what I do. I believe that every single student is special and, therefore, they deserve at least one person in their lives that they can trust and feel valued by. I want to be that person. I want them to enter my classroom in the morning and know that with me they are safe to learn, dream, and achieve.
I believe that a teacher should be passionate, caring, patient, eager to extend grace, and willing to learn and grow themselves. It is my hope that through the teachers who inspired me during my time as a student, as well as the young people who, in their own way, continue to show me how to be a teacher, I am beginning to embody these important traits for myself.
I believe in the power of knowledge in a student's life, but I am also eager to provide my students with support and care along the way. I want to make a positive difference in their lives.