Education
Undergrad: University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
BSE with a Double Major in: Special Education & Elementary Education
Pre-K-8
1983
Grad School: University of Northern Iowa
Masters: Curriculum and Instruction: Educational Technology 2003
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Teaching

I started teaching in the fall of
1983. I taught first grade in a private Christian school in Wisconsin. My
husband and I moved to Westerville, Ohio in 1984, where I taught
Kindergarten for seven years.
In 1994, our family moved to Marion,
Iowa. I taught Kindergarten and 4th grade for a semester each for teachers
on leave. Then for the next seven years, I taught 2nd-5th grade Special Education. The
school used the Reggio Approach to learning, which incorporates art,
projects, and learning. I was on the district's technology training and
support team. and the school webmaster.
In 2003, I started the Primary Autism
program for the Linn Mar school district. I taught students with
severe Autism and Asperger's syndrome.
We moved to Oklahoma in 2004 for my
husband's job. I taught Kindergarten in Owasso for the 04-05 school
year. I started teaching at Eliot Elementary in Tulsa in the fall of 2005
as a Kindergarten Teacher. In the fall of 2006, I moved up with my
Kindergarten to First Grade. In 2007, I moved up with some of my
students again as the K-3 resource teacher. I also worked as the site
technology coordinator and the school webmaster.
I was Teacher
of the Year at Eliot Elementary for the 2007-2008 school year and was one
of the top 5 finalists for district teacher of the year in Tulsa.
We moved to Edmond during the summer
of 2008 and I am currently Centennial's 3rd - 5th grade resource teacher.
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Family
I grew up in
Platteville, Wisconsin on a Dairy Farm. I am the youngest of six, with
three older
sisters and two older brothers. We try to get back to Wisconsin a couple
times a year. I enjoy technology, photography, music, reading, and
teaching.
My
husband and I have been married for 28 years and we have three children.
He is a Systems Engineer for EDS which was bought by HP.

Robbie, Ruth, and Lynn
(letting Ruth be the tallest)
Ruth works for OSU in Graphic Design at the Fire Publication Dept.
Lynn works for HP in Business in Oklahoma City.
Robbie is a Junior in high school at the Oklahoma School of Science
and Math (OSSM) in Oklahoma City.
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