Welcome to Seventh Grade Language Arts!!!
Building strong readers and communicators is our focus in seventh grade Language Arts, and I will help students build skills and confidence. I enjoy learning from and with them.
I have taught grades 5-8 and Adult Education English.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle |
My Classroom Mission
Students will develop strong reading, thinking, collaboration and communication skills as they actively participate in seventh grade Language Arts classes.
About Me
Education Background
Winthrop College, Rock Hill, SC: B.S. in Elementary Education, 1984 www.winthrop.edu
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC: M.Ed. in Education, 1996
Certification Areas
Elementary Education and Middle School English/Language Arts
Teaching Experience
5.5 years in fifth grade
3 semesters in Adult Education English
22 years in middle school: 19 years teaching grades 6-8 reading, math, social studies, and language arts; 2 years as Instructional Facilitator
Professional Organization Memberships
North Carolina Association of Educators