Thursday, June 17, 2010

Introductions

Please let us know who you are, where you work, what level you teach, and what you like to do when you are not teaching? Do you have a favorite vacation spot? Describe your proudest moment as an educator?

5 comments:

  1. My name is Carrie Cybul. I work at Millburn School Dist. 24 in Wadsworth, Illinois. I am a Speech-Language Pathologist for primarily early childhood, preschool, and kindergarten students. This year, my district has added a EC Autism classroom for students on the spectrum that I have been working in. I love it!
    My proudest moment as an educator had to come this past year. We had a three year old boy enter the early childhood classroom in November. He was completely non-verbal and his mother was very upset he was not talking yet. So, I started him on a communication system called PECS (i.e., where pictures are exchanged to communicate non-verbally). By December, this student started talking in single words. I just worked with him yesterday for summer school and I heard him say a six word sentence! I am so proud of him and how far he has come! It is so rewarding to get these kids talking and seeing their personalities shine through.
    When I am not working, I love spending time with my family and friends, my boyfriend Ben, and my yorkie-poo Mack. I bought my first house three years ago and I enjoy improving it. I am putting in a patio in a few week and looking forward to it! Other than that, I love to golf, kayak, basically anything outside, and of course, shop : ) My favorite vacation spot is Sanibel Island, Florida. I've been going there since I have been a kid and my parents recently got a house near by. I'm heading down there at the end of July!

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  2. My name is Jonathan Peterson. I teach 9th grade World Cultures at Oshkosh West High School and am an assistant coach on the UW-Oshkosh CC and Track teams. I teach in a cotaught setting 1-2x per day and often have kids from all manners of spec ed. (EBD, CDB, LD, and autism).

    I am married and have a nearly 2 yr old daughter Molly, a nearly 5 yr old Golden doodle and a 5 month old golden doodle. I enjoy running, spending time with my family, and playing video games and watching movies.

    I am looking forward to this class, I really get into brain research and try to incorporate a lot of what I learn in my classroom.

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  3. My name is Nicole Russ and I am a 5/6 Spanish teacher at Swallow School in Hartland, WI. It is a small K-8 district in the Lake Country Area outside of Milwaukee. I am 50% which allows me to run after my 3 children (Brady-7, Reagan-5, Hayden-3). These guys along with my husband is what creates all the laughter and hobbies. We all enjoy the outdoors (fishing, camping, etc...) and baseball! I also enjoy traveling and recreational sports.

    My families favorite vacation spot is a small lake (Wheeler) in North-East Wisconsin. We are lucky enough to spend 2 weeks in the summer up there!

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  4. Let me try this again...

    My name is Maryann Witberler. I am a 9-12th grade special education (LD/EBD teacher). I have taught at WIlmot High School for 8 years. It has been a crazy summer. I have been finishing credits through Cardinal Stritch, got engaged, selling a condo, going on vacation and teaching summer school.

    My favorite vactaion spot is anywhere I can do something new or learn something new.

    Proudest moment: Seeing a former student come back to "give back" to others.

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