Hi! Welcome to my blog about my teaching experiences.
As a child, playing "school" at home with my sister and neighborhood friends, we transformed my parents' living room into a classroom with the use of TV trays, construction paper, crayons, and my Dad's typewriter.
Little did I know, these childhood games were not far from the reality I would soon discover. My love for learning and teaching grew throughout my middle school and high school years where I tutored and babysat the local kids in my community.
I knew when I entered college that I wanted to be an elementary school teacher. I attended Loyola Marymount University where my desire and passion to teach deepened. On May 5, 2007 this dream became a reality. I graduated from LMU with Bachelors Degree in Liberal Studies, with a concentration in Psychology, and Minor in a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential.
When I first entered the field of education I was given two golden pieces of advice. First, I was told that if you consider yourself a teacher you can teach any grade. Secondly, to find something you love about every child you teach. Through these rules, I have never regretted any position I have taken, and I have learned to accept the most challenging personalities in my classroom.
Over the past three years, I have taught 1st, 3rd, and 6th grade. I have learned something new about myself teaching each diverse level, but above all have discovered that no matter what grade I teach, I simply love to teach. I cannot see myself pursuing any other profession. Nothing can replace the way teaching children about life, friendships, and academics makes me feel.
As the years pass, I hope to become a stronger teacher, learn from my colleagues and the world around me and in the process create life-long learners.
Through this blog, I hope to share my inspirations, daily teaching activities, and future ambitions.
"The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move." - John Wooden
