ScorpiLeoPi

For the last seven years, I have taught in an alternative school that serves a high population of low-income students. Many of these students are disengaged, have low skillsets, or struggle with chronic absenteeism. This has caused me to shape my lessons to have high expectations, be easily accessible, and engage them in various forms.

I highly recommend completing (at least) the free course from the Modern Classroom Project (https://modernclassrooms.org). This course has changed the way that I teach. Since I have students that have

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I come from a mixed bag of education. I started at Wisconsin Lutheran College right out of high school, where I intended to become an elementary school teacher. However, I dropped out after a semester because the school just was not the right fit for me. Several years later, I decided to return to school, so I began at UW-Parkside, but I changed my focus to teaching 6-12 English. However, after a couple of years there, they closed the education department to overhaul it. After several tearful and panicked weeks, I decided that I would continue my education at UW-Milwaukee. This was the best thing that happened to me. I don't know that I would have chosen a path of teaching at-risk students had I not had field experience in Milwaukee. Despite the challenges that come with this group of students, I found I loved it. I graduated in 2013 from UW-Milwaukee in the National Honors Society. I began work towards my masters at Carthage College. I loved gaining new strategies to help struggling students. However, after starting on the leadership classes, I realized that I didn't want to pursue a leadership position at this time.

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