Teaching kids is like constructing a building.

You start with a flat piece of ground

that in a relatively short period of time, you turn into a beautiful, useful building that all
participants will be proud of and that will be used for
decades.
My role as teacher is of the project manager. My
lesson plans are the blueprints or plans for how we, the class
and I think the building will be constructed. Ill be there to
guide the subcontractors the students! around the known
pitfalls like too shallow a foundation! and to keep them on
schedule. "lanning which subcontractor will commence
working on their specific area of the building. The difficult
component of the project managers function is deciding how
to overlap their work to get much accomplished in a short
period of time, without having so many pieces of the building
being built as to cause confusion and frustration. This is very
much a layering effect.
The most important element of the building is the
foundation. #espect for each other, $ocabulary of the
content area, Teaching the strategies to read for
understanding,! It must not only be strong
enough to support the building as currently envisioned, but also support any
additions conceived along the %&&'year life of the building. (s you e)cavate
the foundation, subcontractors students! are looking to bring in the
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materials they will use for their piece of this giant jigsaw pu//le, Their knowledge,
abilities and relationships! and room must be made for all.
(nother aspect of the "M job is to keep the +uilding 0wner "arents! appraised
of the progress of construction. To work with the owners to solve problems with the
building, such as an underground spring, which would necessitate redesigning the
foundation. 0r perhaps changing the lighting to better illuminate the beauty of the
structure. The "M must always keep in mind that this building is the 0wners pride and
1oy, which the owner has already put an incredible amount of time, energy and love into
the building before it even went out for bids.
Effective Communication in the Educational Setting
Provides a thoughtful description of ones own education and experiences which have helped shape ones
own view of and approach to teaching and learning which would be appropriate for providing to students
and/or parents of students.
I attended *esu ,atholic school for 2 through .
th
grade. 0ne of my fondest
memories of those years was learning to play baseball with all the rules with 3r. "at. I
had been playing street baseball in front of our house in 4etroit for years, but never
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This is my picture under the
staff link on the +23 website.
1ust click on picture to read my
bio.
learned the actual rules of baseball. 3r. "at was a 55 yr old baseball enthusiast who gave
up her lunch hour to coach and umpire to whomever showed up to play baseball that day.
(fter *esu, I attended 0ur 6ady of Mercy 7igh 3chool in 8armington. "eople
often wonder what it was like at an all girls high school. I was pretty shy in elementary
school, and going to an all girls school gave me the courage to speak up in class, to
actually ask 9uestions when I did not understand the material presented.
The %: Yrs I spent in catholic education helped position me to be accepted at
Michigan 3tate ;niversity. #egardless of what you feel about their sports teams, M3;
does offer an outstanding education in Michigan. I graduated with a +achelor of 3cience
degree from the ,ollege of <atural #esources.
I currently teach at both 7oly #osary and +ishop 2elley ,atholic 3chools. I
work =days per week at 7oly #osary teaching 5
th
through .
th
grade science, math and
computers. The other two days I teach computer applications at +ishop 2elley for 2
through .
th
grades.
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