About

In Zab ("Tooth"), Poland, July 2008

One of three eighth-grade English Language Arts teachers at Hughes Academy, I have eleven years’ experience in the classroom, including experience teaching English as a Foreign Language and working with at-risk youth.

Most of my teaching experience is international. For seven years, I taught English in a small village in the south of Poland. It was a constant challenge, but immensely rewarding.

Liceum Ogolnokszatcacy, Lipnica Wielka — I taught here for seven years

My first job when I returned to the States was as a teaching assistant in an EC classroom, working primarily with children on the autism spectrum.

During the 2006/7 school year, I worked at a day-treatment facility for at risk youth, teaching social studies, science, and social skills.

I graduated from King College in Bristol, Tennessee with a degree in English, minoring in Secondary Education.

With my Daughter

A few of my favorite things are: reading, writing, playing chess, and cycling…

The Site

This site uses WordPress. Styling is provided by the “df Blog” theme by danielfajardo web. Additionally, it incorporates Google Calendar and a few functions I created.

During the 2008/09 school year, it used the “Misty Look” theme by Sadish Bala. The header image was a photo by whitland at Flickr. (If you’re using a Greenville County School System computer, you won’t be able to access that last link: Flickr has been added to the long list of district-banned sites.)