Welcome Back!

I am so excited for school to start again each fall.  I love teaching fourth grade and am excited to get to know you and your student as the year progresses.

I grew up here in Minnesota and attended Hamline University for my undergraduate work.  Shortly after college I moved to Chicago for a short 2-year stint and then to Phoenix for 7 years to take advantage of the warm weather. 

While in Arizona I taught in a Montessori School with combined age group classrooms.  I taught 4^th-5^thgrade for my first 4 years there.  I also taught a year of 7^thand 8^thgrade and a year of k-1^stgrade.  I also taught 3 years of special education and spent time as an administrator. 

Also while in Arizona, I earned a Masters degree in Special Education and a Masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction.  I spent time as a member of the PTG and coordinated many school wide events (including Thanksgiving dinner for over 400 people). 

I moved back to Minnesota to be closer to my family.  I worked as a reading teacher and curriculum coordinator at an all Hmong school for 3 years.  I started in district 622 as a reading specialist at Eagle Point and then at Cowern.  I have been a classroom teacher at Cowern since the fall of 2012.  I love the sense of community that people feel the minute they walk through our doors!