Statement

After working with adults with disabilities for eleven years and studying special education at the graduate level, I am thrilled to be at Crystal Lake Central. I intend on using my past experiences and expertise to make an existing program even better.

I believe in setting high standards and helping students to reach those standards. In the end, I will feel successful if my students become more independent as a result of my classes.

I believe in lifelong learning. Receiving a diploma is like grabbing a baton in a relay race. I'd like to prepare my students to run well once they leave school.

Whether it's in my classes or in the speech club, I hope to instill in my students the love for learning that I now possess.

Biography

Education: BA History, East Tennessee State University.

MA Special Education, Northeastern Illinois University.

Interests: Spending time with my family and teaching my daughter new things, reading books and maps, long distance bicycling, public speaking, trivia, learning new things, cooking, high school and college football (Go Tigers!)

Recent books read: How the States got Their Shapes by Mark Stein; What is the What by Dave Eggers

Quote: Judge your success not only by what you've become, but what others have become because of you.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Speech team assistant coach