Teacher

NAME: Ms. Tanya Hyatt

SCHOOL: Granite Quarry Elementary

CLASS: 5th Grade

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About The Teacher

I am so happy to be here at Granite Quarry! I made the move here from 
Jackson, Michigan in late August 2007. I attended college at Eastern 
Michigan University where I graduated with a BS in Elementary Education and 
a double major in Integrated Science and Group Social Studies. This allows 
me to have a certificate that states that I am Highly Qualified to teach 
science and social studies through grade eight. Both my student teaching and 
my first teaching job taught me a lot about differentiation, Multiple 
Intellegences, and understanding how best to reach students with special 
needs. I have taken workshops on these topics as well as have my own 
personal resource and hero in my mom! My mom is both a Special Education 
teacher and middle school language arts teacher who I "bounce" ideas off 
constantly! :) I was a multi-age teacher for grades 4 - 6 and taught science 
for grades 4 - 8 at a public charter school. It was in August 07 that I was 
offered a job here at Granite that I happily excepted! This will be my 
second year teaching at Granite. Currently, I am pursuing my master's degree 
in Geosciences through Mississippi State University. My ambition is to teach 
at the college level to teach teachers how to teach science! :)

Mission For The Class

To provide a safe, higher level thinking classroom where every childs voice 
is heard and respected. Every child has the right to know that they are safe 
when they are in my classroom. Every child also has the right to be 
challenged academically, supported and encouraged, and learn in a positive 
learning environment.