About+Me

Hello! Let me introduce myself just a little bit.
==== I was once asked to give myself one defining characteristic. While this is an extremely difficult task, I arrived at passionate. I put my entire heart and soul into everything that I do. I am passionate about my beliefs, my work, my family, and my hobbies. I feel that to do something correctly, one must place their entire heart into it. I have placed my heart into many things, none of which has been given more of my heart than teaching. I have and continue to be passionate about my teaching. I have dreamed of being a teacher since I was first inspired by Mrs. Peas in first grade. From that point on I have set my sights on becoming a teacher. Now that I have successfully earned my Education degree, I am able to shift my sights to improving my teaching and constantly growing as an educator. ====

====However passionate I am about teaching, I am also passionate about my hobbies. I am an avid rock climber, hiker, snowshoer, knitter, reader, musician, and am quickly coming to love the art of crocheting. I certainly work and play extremely hard. Although not an expert in any of these areas, I am always hungry to know more and become more experienced in any and all of my hobbies. I have been a rock climber for just about a year, and while I am nowhere near an experienced climber, I do enjoy new moves, new holds, and new climbs. I have hiked my entire life within the last three years have discovered the joys of snowshoeing. I have my own custom pair of Michigan design snowshoes and absolutely love them! I have knitted for about four years and am working on expanding my creative base to hand bags and mittens along with the staples of hats, scarves and blankets. Music and reading have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I have played the piano since the age of eight, the clarinet and bass clarinet from the ages of 10 and 14 respectively. I am passionate about classical music as well as contemporary music. I enjoy playing just about any music and hope to some day utilize my skills in the classroom. In reading, I have found a new passion for children's literature and plan on using my passion to create an interest in my students through book clubs, round tables and the all important "golden bookshelf" consisting of my personal book recommendations and copies from my library. ====

====I also enjoy showing my life and my passions through pictures. On each page in this portfolio you will find pictures of things I have done, places I have been and the people that mean the most to me. ====