Welcome Grewenow Families!<\/p>\n
I am so excited to begin another year as the English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher here at Grewenow. This year marks my 16th year as an educator and my 8th year teaching at Grewenow. You will see me around school not only as a teacher, but also a parent. I have two daughters attending Grewenow, and I feel very lucky to be part of the Grewenow community as a teacher and as a parent.<\/p>\n
I was born and raised in Kenosha and returned here after teaching for a few years in Milwaukee. I began my teaching career as a classroom teacher when I mainly taught 3rd grade. My husband Luke and I moved to Kenosha in 2009 when we were both fortunate enough to be hired by Kenosha Unified Schools. He currently teaches and coaches at Lance Middle School.\u00a0 Together we have three wonderful children, Eleanor (9), Elsie (6), and Elliott (2 1\/2). They are the light of my life and make every day the best day.<\/p>\n
As I mentioned, as a child I attended schools in Kenosha. After graduating from Tremper High School I went on to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater where I obtained my teaching license (Elementary Education 1-8). After about six years of teaching I decided to further my education and return to school. I chose Cardinal Stritch University for my Masters degrees in ESL and Literacy. Since then I have taken many courses in both areas that help keep me informed of current and best teaching practices.<\/p>\n
This school year I am looking forward to seeing my students grow as learners. It is my job to help students develop all areas of language (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), but I am hoping to place extra emphasis on writing this year.\u00a0 Working here for several years has given me the opportunity to really get to know the needs and personalities of our students. I love to see how they have changed and grown over the years and I can\u2019t wait to see what this year brings!<\/p>\n
Estoy muy emocionado de comenzar otro a\u00f1o como profesor de Ingl\u00e9s como Segundo Idioma (ESL) aqu\u00ed en Grewenow. Este a\u00f1o marca mi 15\u00ba a\u00f1o como educador y mi s\u00e9ptimo a\u00f1o ense\u00f1ando en Grewenow. Me ver\u00e1s en la escuela no solo como maestro, sino tambi\u00e9n como padre. Este a\u00f1o tendr\u00e9 dos hijas que asistir\u00e1n a Grewenow, y me siento muy afortunada de ser parte de la comunidad de Grewenow como maestra y como madre.<\/p>\n
Nac\u00ed y crec\u00ed en Kenosha y regres\u00e9 aqu\u00ed despu\u00e9s de ense\u00f1ar durante unos a\u00f1os en Milwaukee. Comenc\u00e9 mi carrera docente como maestra de sal\u00f3n cuando principalmente ense\u00f1aba 3er grado. Mi esposo Luke y yo nos mudamos a Kenosha en 2009 cuando ambos tuvimos la suerte de ser contratados por las Escuelas Unificadas de Kenosha. Actualmente ense\u00f1a y entrena en Lance Middle School. Juntos tenemos tres hijos maravillosos, Eleanor (8), Elsie (5) y Elliott (1 1\/2). Son la luz de mi vida y hacen de cada d\u00eda el mejor d\u00eda.<\/p>\n
Como mencion\u00e9, de ni\u00f1o asist\u00ed a escuelas en Kenosha. Despu\u00e9s de graduarme de Tremper High School, ingres\u00e9 a la Universidad de Wisconsin-Whitewater, donde obtuve mi licencia de ense\u00f1anza (Educaci\u00f3n primaria 1-8). Despu\u00e9s de aproximadamente seis a\u00f1os de ense\u00f1anza, decid\u00ed continuar mi educaci\u00f3n y regresar a la escuela. Eleg\u00ed Cardinal Stritch University para obtener mi maestr\u00eda en ESL y alfabetizaci\u00f3n. Desde entonces, he tomado muchos cursos en ambas \u00e1reas que me ayudan a mantenerme informado de las mejores y actuales pr\u00e1cticas de ense\u00f1anza.<\/p>\n
Este a\u00f1o escolar espero ver crecer a mis alumnos como aprendices. Mi trabajo es ayudar a los estudiantes a desarrollar todas las \u00e1reas del lenguaje (escuchar, hablar, leer y escribir), pero espero poner \u00e9nfasis adicional en escribir este a\u00f1o. Trabajar aqu\u00ed durante varios a\u00f1os me ha dado la oportunidad de conocer realmente las necesidades y personalidades de nuestros estudiantes. Me encanta ver c\u00f3mo han cambiado y crecido a lo largo de los a\u00f1os y no puedo esperar a ver lo que trae este a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15999,"template":"","class_list":["post-13665","staff-directory","type-staff-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/grewenow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff-directory\/13665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/grewenow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff-directory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/grewenow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/staff-directory"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/grewenow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/grewenow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}