Kindergarten with Mrs. Fristensky

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About The Teacher
I am a California credentialed teacher (California State University at Fullerton) with a research emphasis on the brain and Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. My discipline plan is built on Glasser's research, which empahsizes free choice of behavior, speech, and emotion. I also incorporate Nodding's Ethic of Care, which is embodied in the community or family we build inside the classroom. I have taught the kindergarten class here at SCA for four years. I am excited to start my fifth year with your wonderful son! I am the adoring wife of an amazing engineer and the proud mommy of four wonderful children. If I ever get free time I love a good disco Saturday night or a trip to Disneyland. I love to play sports with my family, as well as card and board games. I am a big fan of Salsa dancing! Let's Go Ducks!

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Mission
My Mission I partner with parents and other professionals to assess the needs, interests, and background knowledge of each student, and then determine the most effective teaching tools, strategies, and behavior management plans that will faciliate his successful accomplishment of required standards and schoolwide learning expectations. My Vision I nurture students' multiple intelligences and facilitate as high a level of understanding as possible by differentiating lessons, assignments, and projects. I promote internalized self-discipline by providing choices with understood, natural and logical consequences. I rely on positive reinforcement and community support/gratitude to build motivation for making valuable choices. I model and teach choice making, conflict resolution, mistake management, and other critical life skills that will help students connect in positive relationships with God, family, and friends.