I have come to a frightening conclusion.
I am the decisive element in the classroom.
It is my personal approach that creates the climate.
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a teacher I possess tremendous power to make a child's life
miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.
I
can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a
crisis
will be escalated or de-escalated, and a child humanized or
de-humanized.
~From
Hiam Ginott's book Between Teacher and Child
Ms. MacCabe (center) with all SEVEN of her siblings!
Hello! I'm very excited to be teaching your child this year.
I
hope this page helps you to get to know me a little better.
I graduated with a BS in Elementary Education from Longwood
University in the Spring of 2005. I have been teaching 2nd grade at
Amelia Elementary for the past four years. This school start, is the
start of my fifth year teaching!
In the fall of 2008, I was accepted into the Graduate program
for School Guidance and Counseling at Longwood University. I have
successfully completed my first year back at school as a student!! I look
forward to finishing my courses this fall/spring, and completing 450 internship hours this summer!! Graduation is ALMOST in sight :)
From the picture above, you can tell I come from a pretty BIG
family. I have three brothers and fours sisters!! Although I was
born in State College, PA- I moved to Richmond, Va when I was four, and grew up
there.
I currently live in Farmville, VA with my four year old lab
Bailey. I've picked up "running" as a great way to relieve
stress. I signed up to run my first half marathon this fall, in November!! 13.1 miles- I can do it :)
Bailey, my four year old lab...
“That is what learning is
You suddenly understand something
you've understood all your life, but in a new way."-Doris Lessing
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