My Educational Journey

I graduated Sam Houston State University in May of 2014 with the optimism and giddy excitement of starting in my own classroom and paving a way for myself. I learned I had no idea what route I wanted to take and what grate I wanted to teach. I decided to take on a residential substitute position at a school who's principal had know my drive and who I had worked with before. This was the best possible position I could have taken that year. I was able to practice my teaching skills in all classrooms from Kindergarten to 5th grade. I learned what challenged me and what made me happy and what worked. By the end of that year I was approached to take on a 5th grade class for the rest of the year while the teacher was out on maternity leave. I had found my place and I was loving every moment. 

Fast forward to the summer and my husband took a job in a town where I knew the drive to the school that I had grown to love was going to take a toll on me. I had also recently found out that I was pregnant so I wanted to be closer to home. I decided to apply at a school near our home in Sweeny and took a position teaching 6th grade and 8th graders history. This was a huge adjustment from teaching the littles and even though it was a challenge it took it on and ended up loving every moment. I found a new work family and taught 6th grade reading and History for 7 years. Technology was my jam and I loved to implement tech every chance that I could. I was approached a few years later by the director of instructional technology to join her team and be the secondary instructional technology coach. Being out of the classroom and teaching teachers and not students was a weird transition but my love for tech made it so much fun to help inspire teachers to boost engagement in their classrooms. I have not shifted to instructional coach and I help new teachers with instruction and engagement in their classrooms every day. It fills my cup and love doing what I do.