Education and Experience:
From 2018-2022 I studied Communications and Developmental Psychology at Houghton University. From there I began my career in photography and digital media. In 2023, after working in school photography, I worked as a substitute teacher at Alden Central School District. This was back home in New York. After a semester of subbing I realized I wanted to make a bigger impact in the education system. Finding a role as an educator, mentor, and volunteer, I partnered with AmeriCorps through their Project MARS. Through Project MARS I have partnered with Woodson Branch Nature School. I served during the 23-24 academic school year where I mentored students, assisted in the classroom, and helped to coordinate fundraisers and Family Outreach Committee meetings as their Facilitator.
Teaching Philosophy:
Not everything you learn at school is meant to be remembered. Though learning how to learn and developing the brain to problem solve through academics are what we as educators are responsible for guiding our students through. Loving to learn and growing as an individual is what I hope to share with my students.
Favorite thing about kids
Working with middle schoolers, you begin to observe their personalities and identities beginning to form. As this occurs, they love to try out new social norms and throw thoughts/ideas/actions out into the world to see what sticks. I love watching this growth take place and to be a social wall that the students can bounce the ball of social experiments on.
Favorite thing about working at WBNS:
My favorite thing about working at Woodson Branch is the community. As a new staff member last year, I was welcomed with open arms. I was able to share the smooth and wavey times with my fellow staff. To have a team that can work together in all their different ways and be on the same page. It has been an incredible experience this past year and I have to thank the community shared amongst our staff, students, and Woodson Branch families to thank.
Quote to share:
Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining - Theodore Roosevelt
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