Teaching
Internationally Philosophy
Lifelong Passion to Learn
I love teaching and working with children and watching them learn and grow. In my commitment for assuring that I offer the very best that I can for my students, I have pursued several areas of specialties. I have a Bachelor Degree in Teaching Children of Mental Impairment/Gifted Education/K-8, Elementary Education K-8 and 9th grade Psychology. My first Masters Degree is in Teaching Emotionally Impaired Students. My second Masters Degree is in Special Education Administration/School Principal. I did my librarian apprenticeship with Lisa Sutton at the Roscommon Area District Library in Roscommon, Michigan in the United States. I have pursued hundreds of hours of additional college credits and Professional Development opportunities beyond my degrees. I am constantly striving to fulfill my lifelong passion for learning so that I can be the best that I can be for my students and my own children.
A Commitment to Act with Integrity and Compassion
I am driven by several educational philosophies such as: differentiation to meet individual needs, standards-based instruction that incorporates innovative, creative, and inquiry based learning, demanding but supportive academic programs that require a high level of rigor and commitment. Going from being a Principal for the last 20 years back to teaching will be a smooth transition for many reasons. I have attended every single Professional Development opportunity afforded to our teachers. I have applied the knowledge and skills I have gained in those trainings to benefit our students directly in the classrooms of those teachers. I also have been trained extensively (6 full days) through the 5D Model of Teacher Evaluation to define and support the finest elements of teaching. Every single student in our building deserves the very best our teachers have to offer. As Principal, it has been my responsibility to assure those students and parents that is exactly the type of education that they are receiving. I could not do that without being hands on, not just with curriculum but with the instruction of our students myself. As a result, I know what good teaching is and what it is not. I would be thrilled to be able to apply all of that knowledge in a classroom that I share with students.
The Courage to Live My Dreams
My husband retired after 31 years in education last year and I am retiring at the end of the 2014-15 school year after 30 years in education. The aspect of having a quiet retirement changed six years ago when we adopted a precious little girl from Qianjiang, China. We then adopted another wonderful little girl from Baoding, China two and a half years ago. When we adopted our Chinese daughters we not only fell in love with them but with China as well. Through our daughters our dream has become to be able to teach internationally and in the process enable our daughters to study abroad.
Everything that we learn in our lives is shaped by our own societal surrounding, everything from where we grew up, to how we were raised, to the religion we choose to practice, to how we are governed at both the state and national levels. We develop our own personal depths of knowledge based on that fact which allows us to understand some concepts much more implicitly while stifling and restricting our understanding of others. That fact is exactly why being part of educating children to live in a more global society is such an exhilarating opportunity for me as an educator. I cannot think of anything more exciting than being part of helping children to learn in such a way that allows them to draw their learning from such a deep, enriched personal global understanding. It is also the kind of learners that I want my own children to become. I want the education that I am responsible for facilitating to allow my students and my own children the freedom to soar to the highest intellectual heights. The desire to be part of the development of global learners has given me the strength and courage to pursue the dream to teach in another country.
Lifelong Passion to Learn
I love teaching and working with children and watching them learn and grow. In my commitment for assuring that I offer the very best that I can for my students, I have pursued several areas of specialties. I have a Bachelor Degree in Teaching Children of Mental Impairment/Gifted Education/K-8, Elementary Education K-8 and 9th grade Psychology. My first Masters Degree is in Teaching Emotionally Impaired Students. My second Masters Degree is in Special Education Administration/School Principal. I did my librarian apprenticeship with Lisa Sutton at the Roscommon Area District Library in Roscommon, Michigan in the United States. I have pursued hundreds of hours of additional college credits and Professional Development opportunities beyond my degrees. I am constantly striving to fulfill my lifelong passion for learning so that I can be the best that I can be for my students and my own children.
A Commitment to Act with Integrity and Compassion
I am driven by several educational philosophies such as: differentiation to meet individual needs, standards-based instruction that incorporates innovative, creative, and inquiry based learning, demanding but supportive academic programs that require a high level of rigor and commitment. Going from being a Principal for the last 20 years back to teaching will be a smooth transition for many reasons. I have attended every single Professional Development opportunity afforded to our teachers. I have applied the knowledge and skills I have gained in those trainings to benefit our students directly in the classrooms of those teachers. I also have been trained extensively (6 full days) through the 5D Model of Teacher Evaluation to define and support the finest elements of teaching. Every single student in our building deserves the very best our teachers have to offer. As Principal, it has been my responsibility to assure those students and parents that is exactly the type of education that they are receiving. I could not do that without being hands on, not just with curriculum but with the instruction of our students myself. As a result, I know what good teaching is and what it is not. I would be thrilled to be able to apply all of that knowledge in a classroom that I share with students.
The Courage to Live My Dreams
My husband retired after 31 years in education last year and I am retiring at the end of the 2014-15 school year after 30 years in education. The aspect of having a quiet retirement changed six years ago when we adopted a precious little girl from Qianjiang, China. We then adopted another wonderful little girl from Baoding, China two and a half years ago. When we adopted our Chinese daughters we not only fell in love with them but with China as well. Through our daughters our dream has become to be able to teach internationally and in the process enable our daughters to study abroad.
Everything that we learn in our lives is shaped by our own societal surrounding, everything from where we grew up, to how we were raised, to the religion we choose to practice, to how we are governed at both the state and national levels. We develop our own personal depths of knowledge based on that fact which allows us to understand some concepts much more implicitly while stifling and restricting our understanding of others. That fact is exactly why being part of educating children to live in a more global society is such an exhilarating opportunity for me as an educator. I cannot think of anything more exciting than being part of helping children to learn in such a way that allows them to draw their learning from such a deep, enriched personal global understanding. It is also the kind of learners that I want my own children to become. I want the education that I am responsible for facilitating to allow my students and my own children the freedom to soar to the highest intellectual heights. The desire to be part of the development of global learners has given me the strength and courage to pursue the dream to teach in another country.