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Welcome to My Technology Teaching Portfolio!  I am currently a student at Metropolitan State College. I am seeking a degree in Behavioral Science with a Minor in Elementary Education. I have known that I wanted to work with children from a very young age. In fact I remember as a child, pretending to be a teacher in an imaginary school for my younger sister. I have since then become very involved in working with children. During my junior year in high school I took part in a teacher cadet program and was a teacher's assistant at Maple Grove Elementary. My senior year in high school I knew I wanted to make an impact in my community and especially the youth. I founded my own mentor program in 2005, Girls On A Mission. My goal was to create an environment that was conducive to building the self-esteem, self-respect, and self-confidence of young girls in order to secure a sense of self-efficacy and motivation to strive for the next level. I became the youngest person in the state to found my on 501 3C, or rather non-profit. The program started with 30 girls and when i placed the program on hold there were roughly 200 girls enrolled. At the age of 18 I was offered a special education position at Martensen Elementary School. I was considered a special education para professional. I was assigned to work one-on-one with a 5th grade student and also to help with other students in the classroom setting. Some of my duties included: gathering and planning reading lessons, designing math activities, working with phonics, and much more. When testing came around, the 5th grade student had jumped nearly 2 grade levels from the time I worked with him. After that year I knew it was time to return to school and obtain my Elementary Education Certification. Every day presents a new lesson to be learned or that needs to be taught. As a teacher I hope to teach teh children the importance of becoming lifetime learners. I plan on creating an enviroment where students become responsible for their learning and have the oppourtunity to construct their own knowledge. I will always encourage my students to acheive greatness and I will be their to provide them the necessary scaffolding to reach greatness.

