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Early in my teaching career, a colleague remarked that they would never fully trust a teacher who was not also a parent. Single at the time, I laughed and said, "Well, we do our best . . ." Before I was blessed to become a parent, I thought I understood this. I knew what it is like to watch a mother completely overcome in tears on the ground because she could not get the services for her special needs child from an unresponsive school district. I know what it is like to help wordsmith a valedictorian's spee
I am a career educator who has taught across a variety of subjects and levels in over two decades in education. Currently, I teach Business Education at Roy C. Ketcham High School in Wappingers Falls, where I teach the College Accounting, Business Law and Entrepreneurship classes. I am proud to serve on the building's Instructional Technology and Cultural Responsiveness committees as well as advised the school's Debate Team and Coding Club.
Previously tenured in both English and Social Studies (and taught Japanese language, which is why I am wearing a Kimono and Obi), all in New York Public Schools. I have worn a lot of hats in education which has given me a depth and diversity of experience to understand the choices and challenges that lie ahead for Cornwall's schools from the challenges of going 1:1 in instructional technology at two different school districts and tailoring the technology to the needs of different subjects, developing new an