Vision+Statement

==== //Learning is my passion. If I could learn every single day for the rest of my life I would. Thankfully, being a teacher gives me that exact opportunity. I wed myself to developing and growing professionally, mentally, emotionally, and physically everyday; I plan to bring that passion for learning and life into my classroom, giving students the motivation needed to appreciate literature as the study of humanity- not just books. I have always found myself most comfortable in a classroom and look forward to guiding one. Throughout high school I developed relationships with my favorite teachers, gleaning their teaching philosophy from them. Those are the teachers I want to be- the Shaun Boyce’s, Jenna Margolin’s, and Emily Nixon’s of America. Achieving the level of success these teachers had requires constant reflection upon the tenants of the SUNY New Paltz School of Secondary Education: professionalism, advocacy for students and democratic citizenship, appreciation and human diversity, and inquiry and intellectual growth.// ====

====//I reflect most heavily on advocacy and intellectual growth. I pride myself on creating safe zones to learn in, but also to push boundaries and challenge students to challenge themselves. The role of the teacher is not to fight for teacher’s rights to allow for education, but to fight for the student’s rights to a fantastic education. When I step into my classroom the focus is on a fair education- not the politics of learning.//====