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About The Teacher
Nicole Kalianiotis graduated from Suffolk University with an accounting degree. After 5 years working as an accountant, Nicole went back to school, Bridgewater State College, received a certification in Early Childhood and received her Master's in Early Childhood Education fromFitchberg State College. Nicole has worked in Hanover as a Long Term Substitute teacher for second grade special education. In 2005, Nicole joined the staff at South Elementary as a Kindergarten teacher and is very happy to be apart of their team. Nicole is married and has a son named Brody.

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Mission
My philosophy of education is strongly routed in my belief that children are our future, and it is up to us to give them what they need to reach their full potential. I believe that every student can learn and that each child is responsible for their own learning. As teachers it is up to us to provide the opportunities for this learning to take place. Through exploration, investigation and engaging lessons where students can collaborate not only with the teacher, but with their peers, is an active approach, which I believe, fosters that love for learning. Striving to set high expectations for children so they can feel that wonderful sense of accomplishment that follows their hard work and perseverance is a personal goal of mine. This in turn fosters positive self- esteem. Teaching children to think critically and to question things is going to develop higher order thinking skills that we want our children to have in order to become independent thinkers. However, it is also necessary that children have a strong foundation of the basic skills that are needed in order to be able to effectively communicate their thoughts and ideas. My classroom will be a place where everyone feels safe and we are all surrounded by an opportunity to learn. A place where respect, for each other and ourselves, honesty, generosity, responsibility, compassion, acceptance, self-discipline, perseverance, cooperation, manners and friendship come together to make the best possible environment for learning to occur. It will be a place where we all feel free to ask questions. My personal goal is the hope I share with my students which is to be a lifetime learner. That is my philosophy of education.