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5 years teaching overseas for Guam Public Schools in the elementary level. Substitute at all grade levels. Also ran own home daycare business for 2 years. Taught 5th grade one year. Also taught at a private day school for students with ED/BD. Worked for 6 years as an online-tutor in reading and math and as a substitute teacher. I am currently working as a special education teacher for grades K-5. I currently am licensed to teach special education: LD, ED and MR K-12 and Elementary Education K-6th.

I believe in the "K.I.S.S." philosophy of teaching - as in "Keep It Short and Simple". This comes from working with students with special needs, who seem to learn best with short chunks of information laid out in a straightforward manner. I keep this in mind when designing activities/ worksheets for my students. Lots of pictures/ colors/ fancy "foo-foo" can be too distracting and/or confusing. Straight letter fonts, b/w designs & pictures used only if they enhance the concept are all part of my design/ instructional materials concepts.

Voted "Most Creative Teacher" at last school of employment.

I went to college at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. There I received my bachelor's in elementary education. In 2001, I signed up for distance learning through Liberty University, and received my Masters in Special Education.

I have three children, ages 10-19. My oldest child has PDD-NOS, a high functioning form of autism. I am a Navy wife. I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, but currently live in Virginia.