I see my responsibility as an educator to engage students in learning in such a way that they celebrate what they learn and enter into it reflectively so that they are always wanting more. This challenge makes me desire to get to know each student individually so that I can look for natural ways to engage them in the subject area. Connecting new knowledge to previous background experience has great potential for success.

I received my Bachelors Degree from Calvin College located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. My major was in Elementary Education with a Science Studies Concentration. I received a Masters Degree in curriculum studies from the University of Western Ontario. My final project involved studying the teaching of writing.

I am an experienced teacher. I have had experience in Kindergarden, grades 1-8, and early high school.

I have written units for grades 5 – 8 in the area of language arts. These units were piloted by me and now other teachers use these units. I have also coached teams, facilitated clubs, helped with choirs and served on professional committees.