The English Eclectiporium

My experience in teaching runs back even before I stepped into the classroom, and it can also be said that teaching was in my blood. I was raised in a teaching family, as my mother was an 8th grade English teacher, my father was a physical education teacher/basketball coach, and my aunt was a special education teacher. I began working with kids ages 5 though 14 at the YMCA, where I helped fascilitate an ACA acredited daycamp during the summers and ran childcare centers during the schoolyear. In 2004, I began teaching 7th grade English in Henrico County, a surrounding county of Richmond, VA. There, I gained experience in teaching regular ed, collaborative ed, and advanced ed classes and dealing with students with various learning levels and needs. In that time, I've also coached track & field for the school and have held the position of 7th grade level chairman.

If I were to describe my teaching style, I would say it would be perpetually progressive. I believe that students are visual, hands on learners, and that is the way teaching should be carried out as well. Students do not just record the content, they interact with the content until it is integrated into themself. This may include guided notes w/powerpoints, collaborative projects, and writing assignments which instill the idea that the student's writing can change things.

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