About Me

I knew from the age of 10 that I was destined to be a teacher. I know, it's rather cliche, but don't us teachers all preach the same thing? Yes, I certainly was one of "those" who spent my afternoons playing school with a disgruntled little brother who was far from thrilled to be my first ever specimen student. Not to worry, I had a wealth of eager and compliant participants(the stuffed animal kind, of course!)who proved to be the ideal audience. 

Fast forward just a few years, and I found myself in my first education class at Muhlenberg College, in Allentown, PA. Being the perfectionistic, overly driven, Type A student that I was, perhaps still am, I didn't think twice before responding to my professor's first question of the course: "Why are you all in this class?" I'll admit it, I made the rookie mistake of responding with: "Because I LOVE kiddos and I want to be a teacher!" Cue chuckling from professor and peers...From that day forward, I realized that to be a successful teacher took a lot more than passion - try knowledge, skill, flexibility,determination, organization, and a capacity to manage and evaluate data, to name a few. 

By May of 2011, I was the proud recipient of a BA in psychology with certification in elementary education. I returned home to West Hartford, jumped through several hoops to get my CT certification, and took on my first teaching position as the interim Transitional Kindergarten Teacher at the Mandell JCC, while the primary teacher took an extended maternity leave. I don't think the word "incredible" does justice describing the year I had with some of the most creative, tenacious, adorably sweet, and unbelievably bright students known to teacher-kind! Needless to say, I shed my fair share of tears on the last day of school. My practical side reared its ugly head this past fall, and I decided to dedicate this school year to finishing up my MA. I miss the classroom more than you can imagine, but I'm now on the prowl for a position in the public schools. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed!

Aside from teaching, I am an avid crafter, shopper, organizer (Yep, someday I might have a blog dedicated to my adventures in home organization!), gym-goer, reader, baker, friend, sister, and daughter.