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My name is Katie Lutes and I was born in Fort Lauderdale, FL on February 26, 
1986. I have lived in many southern cities. My hometown is Stuart, FL where I 
graduated high school in 2004. I graduated high school to attend Stetson 
University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education. Before deciding 
my college degree, I have spent my childhood in a school setting because my 
mother was a bookkeeper at a Montessori School.

While studying to pursue my degree, I have attained my state certification to 
teach K-6 and obtained ESOL endorsement. Before and during my studies of 
becoming a teacher, I have participated in multiple classrooms as an assistant 
teacher and a lead teacher.

After graduation, I have become a part of the StarChild family for three 
years. I have completed my certified hours and attained my CDA. With these 
credentials, I am ecstatic to integrate my studies into the classroom by 
enhancing the learning of the children though all three learning styles: 
visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.

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In my beliefs about teaching, students should have a hunger for learning and 
not feel it is a task to come to school and complete classwork, simply because 
it is the rules of the school.  By learning the different ways that students 
learn: kinesthetic, auditory, or visualization, I can help students feed their 
hunger for knowledge. By planning lessons based on the way students will 
learn, students will enjoy the lessons they are taught. For example, a student 
might feel that a lesson is impossible to understand because as a teacher, one 
might be lecturing and the student may learn kinesthetically.  
	
By enhancing students’ understanding of the knowledge being taught, students 
will be able to connect the new knowledge with their prior knowledge which 
builds authentic learning. When students are taught authentically, they will 
take this knowledge with them into the future because they had a way of 
connecting their life with a lesson that might otherwise have been hard to 
understand. For example, students learning about chemical reactions can be 
taught authentically by using household items, and therefore realize how easy 
it is to understand the effects of chemicals without learning complicated 
definitions.

I believe each student learns differently. All students should believe that 
they are unique and should be proud of who they are. By teaching students and 
by having students realize their own similarities and differences in the 
classroom they will learn that it is alright to be different because 
uniqueness is a gift to cherish. By realizing their similarities, the teacher 
can benefit by assigning students with similar techniques to help each other 
learn better. When students are aware of their learning style, it will 
increase their ability to achieve.

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Ms. Katie Lutes