Creating a Culture of Thinking: Building the Skill & Will to Think Deeply (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781499713305)

I have been teaching 5th grade at High Tech Elementary in Chula Vista, California since the school opened in 2011. It is here that I am encouraged to teach in a way that is both fun and meaningful for students and am surrounded by others who are passionate about teaching and learning. Prior to this I taught 4th grade at St. Mary's Elementary in New York, 5th grade at Cofradia Bilingual School in Honduras, for a summer in Uganda and another in Cambodia. I believe learning is about connecting with the world, observing it in detail, which sparks our wonder, and pursuing ways to answer our questions and solve the problems around us. I have enjoyed my ten years of teaching because I've gotten to share my enthusiasm for learning with others and because teaching challenges me to keep learning all the time. Before becoming an educator I spent four years as a business consultant, was in the Peace Corps in Samoa, and worked as a school counselor. I have a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame, a Masters of Social Work from the University of South Florida, a Masters of Childhood Education from Fordham University, and a Masters of Education-Teacher Leadership from High Tech High Graduate School.