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The 2019-2020 school year will mark my 2nd year at Clayton High School. CHS is a great place to teach, and I am excited for up and coming school year.    I have been in Johnston County for 9 years: Benson Middle School: 5 years in 6th-grade social studies and ELA. one year in 8th-grade social studies, and one year in 7th-grade social studies.  Currently, my home away from home is CHS, and I have been teaching English 1 as well as public speaking.  Before coming to Johnston County, I worked in Wake County for 9 years at an elementary school setting; 7 years in 5th-grade and 2 years in 4th.  There, I taught all subjects as well as electives in history, and assorted creative arts.  

I enjoy teaching ELA and enabling students the opportunity of expanding themselves.  Now, I have some students who are not fond of reading.  My goal is to expose them to different types of reading and hopefully spark more of a tolerance.  :)  In the area of writing, I want to show students that it is not as scary as they think.  We do a lot of writing in my room.  By having opportunities to express and explain themselves with words versus emoji or textese students learn true communication.  If an individual can communicate in written form, they can usually communicate orally.