Pronouns: She/her/hers

Years at Global Arts Plus: 6

Years teaching: 17

When a student walks into my classroom, I want them to know that they matter. That they matter to me.  I want them to feel the way I did in first grade when I wanted to go to school even though I was sick because I knew my teacher would miss me.  Over many years of teaching, I have grown as a person and as a teacher because I continue to learn from and with my students.  I can’t wait to see what I can learn from them this year as I teach 6th Grade Reading, 6th Grade Foundations and 7th Grade English Language Arts!

The students and I will learn together using a workshop model that looks like this:

Welcome and orientation to lesson

Brief demonstration of a reading/writing/speaking/listening strategy

Students practice using strategies as they read their own independent books, create writing and/or meet with me individually or in small groups

Students share their learning with each other 

At the end of the day I go home to my husband and a dog. Our two adult children also live in the Twin Cities.  Our family returned to the US after living for twenty years in SE Asia, where I taught in international schools. My own elementary and middle-school years were spent attending international schools in southern Africa. I have always been excited to learn about cultures other than my own. 

When I am not teaching, I like to sing in choirs, cook and eat international food with my family, and bake gluten-free goodies. I know that each of my students has a life outside of school too, and that life includes caregivers at home.  I look forward to partnering with caregivers to create a safe and meaningful space in which our students can learn.