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About The Teacher
My official title is Resource Teacher, Intervention Specialist. I teach reading and math and also offer support to students in the other teaching areas. I have taught at St. Cecilia in this capacity for 15 years. I also taught math at St. Saviour, taught at a Head Start Program in Somerville, Ohio and have taught summer school for about 20 years at Purcell Marian.I have an undergraduate degree at Xavier University, a Masters from Mt. St. Joseph and a second Masters in education at Xavier University. I also completed the 33 hour course requirements for administration at Xavier University. I have also taken classes at the University of Cincinnati, but I remain a loyal Muskies fan. My husband teaches Latin at Purcell Marian and we have 7 terrific children. Three of my children graduated from St. Cecilia. I am most famous for being Alex's mom. He jsut finished a two year program at Raymond Walters branch of UC and is working at "Seasons" a very nice retirement and assisted living place in Kenwood. Alex is a swimmer and has qualified for the state Special Olympics three summers in a row. I also have been blessed with six beautiful grandchildren. Three start first grade this year, a set of twin gradaughters and a grandson. Then I have a 3 year old grandson and and a two year old grandaughter, and a 8 month old grandaughter. They are wonderful and I love spending time with them. My youngest daughter is an Intervention Specialist/teacher at St. Bernard City Schools. She and her two brothers, my youngest three children all graduated from St. Cecilia School. Can you tell I am a proud parent and grandparent. I love teaching at St. Cecilia and really appreciate the fact that I am able to teach students from 4 through 8. I learn a great deal from all the children I have in classes. St. Cecilia is a great place. The following quotes say a lot about who I am as a person and a facilitator in the classroom. It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."Famous Motivational Quote by Charles Darwin Learning to be flexible has been my way of life….adjusting to my surroundings and learning to know: “The things I can change, the things I cannot change, but must accept and recognize the difference between the two.” At St. Cecilia, we meet students where they are in tehir learning process and we take them as far as they can possibly go. I believe we learn for a lifetime and we never stop learning because there is always something to learn. My intent is to teach my students to become pasionate about learning!

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Mission
The mission for each of my classes for the school year 2009-2010 is to increase student's desire to learn. My goal is to be the facilitator who sets the environment for my students to want to learn and to become active learners. Yes, there is a curriculum in all my reading and math classes that needs to be implemented, but I want the students to discover that they have to become active learners who help create and discover what it is they are learning. I want to help my students become life-long learners. Learning is never stagnate it is dynamic and it must involve the learner. In fact, in many ways the learner becomes the teacher, and the teacher the learner. When a teacher stops learning they are no longer effective as a teacher. I so very much look forward to another wonderful year at St. Cecilia. If there is ever a time that you need to contact me please call me at school, on my cell, 254-4799 or at my home number, 321-7802