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This is my tenth year to teach.  Most of my teaching experience has been in 
Alvin ISD: one year in fourth grade, four years in second grade, and two years as the Literacy 
Coordinator for a K-6 campus. I am a Friendswood High School Graduate.  I 
then graduated from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville.  I am very 
excited to begin this year because of the wonderful experiences in past 
years.  I love children and truly enjoy working with them.  I have three 
children.  Two are here at Westwood, one in first grade and one in third grade.  
My youngest just turned two!

Teaching is what I have dreamed about for as long as I can remember.  I 
worked hard to earn my degree and obtain my Texas teaching certificate. I am 
currently working on a Masters in Educational Administration and should 
be finished in August 2011. 
Outside of class I go to workshops, conferences, in-service meetings, and 
seminars.  I stay up-to-date in my professional knowledge through these 
activities as well as through reading professional journals and working with 
my fellow teachers.  I love to teach!  I also love to read, write, exercise, 
and work on scrapbooks.  I really love to watch football!  The Denver 
Broncos and the Dallas Cowboys are my favorite team as you can see if you 
visit my classroom in the Fall.

I am an Abydos Writing, formerly known as the New Jersey Writing Project in 
Texas, Trainer. I teach teachers how to teach writing in the classroom. I am 
also an Independent Literacy Consultant. I have done Literacy training in 
Alvin ISD, Aldine ISD, Danbury ISD, and even here in FISD.  I have a book 
being published about teaching writing in the 2nd grade.  It should be out in 
the near future!  I have had the privilege and honor of learning about 
literacy and the reading and writing processes from Dr. Joyce Armstrong 
Carroll, Edward Wilson, Mary Ellen Giacobbe, and Irene Fountas as well as 
members of her faculty at Lesley University in Boston.  I am a life-long 
learner!

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Mission

We are going to have a successful year full of learning, fun, and hard 
work.  In order for the children to achieve the greatest amount of success, 
we must work together as a team.

I desire for students to derive long-term benefits from their time in my 
class by continuing to grow and develop.  I believe I will serve them best 
by teaching them: how to define a problem, how to decide what they need to 
solve it, how to find and evaluate new information, how to recognize their 
limits, how to be prepared for change and how to change.  I will be engaging 
the whole child throughout the year to meet their educational, social, and 
emotional needs.

In my classroom, I promote an atmosphere of safety, trust, and respect. I 
work hard to build a sense of community among my students, and I 
emphasize the idea of teamwork. I value cooperation and 
collaboration both in my classroom and as I work with my peers and my 
students' parents and caregivers.  
I believe that great things can happen when we work together!

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