DiffiMath

I have taught for five years in the public sector and 2 years in the private sector in Missouri. Before this, I worked for a well-known educational technology company, where I created math formative and summative items that fit the state standards of all 50 states.

In my classroom, I take a constructivist approach allowing my students to facilitate the learning. My job is to create the activities to keep them topical and guide them along a path of success. I am a staunch practitioner of a thinking classroom where my students spend the majority of the time collaborating around the solution of a problem up at the boards around my classroom. To outsiders, if might be chaos. We just call it learning.

Teacher of the Month x4 (eligible each year, won each year)

I attended Southeast Missouri State University to earn a Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education - Mathematics and a Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics. My passion for math led me to attend grad school at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and earn my Master's in Mathematics. I have over 80 hours of training when it comes to working with students with autism, ESOL, and high risk students.

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