达勒里奥1760年
GA的当前位置
中学英语教师
Number of years overall at GA (including 2021-22)
46
你为什么选择留在GA?
I came to GA purely by accident, but I chose to stay for many reasons. The community welcomed me as a young teacher and gave me the opportunity to grow professionally within the community. The faculty and administration respected my opinion from the minute I arrived on campus and recognized my varied interests. They invited me to teach history and math in addition to English and later to explore a variety of leadership positions. GA has also provided me with an opportunity to grow professionally outside of the community. They have encouraged and supported my involvement in state and national professional organizations which have informed and energized my teaching, provided me with an ever-growing professional family, and given me a chance to bring award-winning authors into my classroom via their novels and their visits to GA.
在GA教书，你最喜欢的是什么?
I love the relationship that I have developed with my students, 建议, 还有球员们. One of the greatest joys of teaching at GA for forty years is that I have taught, 建议, 或者指导过许多校友家长, 这, 如果幸运的话, 我也会教他们的一些孩子. Back-to-School Night in September has become one of my favorite nights of the year.
What do you hope to provide to students in your classes and what do you hope they take away?
在他们和我在一起的最后一年, I hope that my students have learned to read and think more critically 这 they have come to a greater understanding of the world around them as a result of reading and discussing good literature. I hope that my students also have become stronger writers and life-long readers.
What do you value about the home/school partnership?
We are blessed at GA to have such a supportive parent body. 我喜欢教书, advising and coaching middle school children and enjoy working closely with their parents. Conferences provide a wonderful opportunity to get to know a student from his/her parent’s prospective. I love hearing the stories and seeing my students in a different light. I also enjoy working with parents to devise a plan for bringing out the very best in their children.
你最喜欢的GA传统是什么?
我最喜欢毕业. It is so much fun to see my former students all grown up and headed to college. I cherish the memories of their 中学 days, 庆祝他们在高中取得的成就, and anticipate with joy the excitement of their futures.
你有什么独特的课堂活动?
Over the years I have heard students say that they do not read as much for fun as they did when they were younger. 激发自由阅读的兴趣, I ask my students to recommend books that they think I should read as a middle school teacher. 当我在课堂上这样做的时候, we fill the white board with dozens of titles and then I have them lobby for the books that I should read first. 在活动结束时, students often discover a book that they now want to read or rediscover how much they miss reading just for the fun of it. When the students are given time for free reading, I also take them to the library where they can be surrounded by books as they read.
What’s the biggest lesson you have learned from your students?
There is no greater reward in life than teaching 中学 students.