Welcome!

Welcome!! If you have read the "About Me" section of this blog then you will know much of this information. However, in order to start things off I wanted to give a bit of background as to how I came to blogging.  I am a teacher in upstate New York. I've lived in this area for almost 8 years. During this time I have graduated with my masters in Childhood Education and Literacy Education Birth to Grade 6. 
Upon graduation I accepted a job as a teaching assistant in a local school district.  I worked with a team of three fantastic and experienced teachers.  My main job was to assist with the instruction due to large class sizes.  This was a fantastic opportunity to get my foot in the door. 
The following school year I accepted a position in a neighboring district as a reading specialist I spent 4 years in this position. I worked primarily with K and 1 students and teachers, but also spent a year working with 5th grade. It was my first year in this district that I realized my passion and love for literacy education. Throughout the next three years my passion and joy for teaching reading continued.

Through my teaching experience, I found that my true dream is to work as a literacy coach. In order to prepare myself for this new role, I decided to leave the reading teacher role (crazy right?) to become a classroom teacher. I strongly believe that in order to coach other teachers on their reading instruction, I need to have the classroom experience to support my work. So, last year I resigned from my position in reading and moved to the classroom next door to teach first grade.

It has been a wonderful year of growth for me and I look forward to the years to come. It has been quite an experience being in the classroom this year.  It was a trying few months as I acclimated to this new position.  It was not the easy, carefree, transition I expected!  However, as the year went by I became more and more comfortable in the classroom.  I am looking forward to year two when I can take all I have learned as a first year teacher and apply it to a new year. 

This is one of the things I love about teaching.  The idea that you can constantly learn something new and grow each day through reading and self reflections.  This new learning can be applied the next day, next month or next year.  Please join me on a journey to continue this growth with reading and conversation!

Grab a cup of tea, the current book, and share!