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Hello and welcome toECE173! My name is Dr. Cat Matthesen, and I will be teaching this 8-week class. To share a bit about myself: This marks my 6th year of teaching at Cochise College, where I specialize in reading and education classes. My son Michael also attends Cochise College. Additionally, I have another son, Jacob, and a daughter-in-law, Kylie, and their daughter, Elowyn, who live in South Dakota. Outside of work, my passions include going to the gym, hiking, biking, and camping. I also have one adorable dog named Ginger (Chihuahua/Terrier). Should you have any questions throughout the semester, I encourage you to reach out so we can arrange a meeting in person or via ZOOM.

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Hello my name is Elizabeth, but I go by Lizzie. I am a Lead Teacher at Carmichael Head Start where I have been teaching for the past 9 years. I have 3 children, and one grandson. All of which keep me very busy and entertained. As for me as an individual, I like to go on walks. I try to go everyday at least 2 miles. It helps keep me sane. I am interested in learning everything this class has to offer, maybe one day I will want to be a site supervisor.

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Hello, my name is Vianey Martinez, I am 33 years old, I live in Douglas AZ working as a preschool teacher in La Escuelita Head Start. I been working at Head start 8 years ago. I have two wonderful children as you can see on the picture. I like to spend time with my family, I like to sing and listen to music. Right now, I am 2 classes away to obtain my AA in ECE, I am so excited! that is why I need to take this class. it is very hard to work full time, plus being a mom, plus after school activities, sometimes I get really stress out, but I try to do as best as I can. Hopefully we have a wonderful semester. Thank you :)

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Hello everyone! My name is Sidney. I am a stay-at-home mom. My son is about a year and a half old, so he is a handful. I'm originally from central Arkansas but have lived all over the south. Before having my son, I really enjoyed reading. Now, the only reading I do is for school. My hobbies would include thrift shopping and taking naps. I'm working towards an associate's degree in early childhood education. I have one semester after this one until it's complete. I don't want to work in a childcare center, though. I am generally not a fan of children when they are this young. Due to rapid school shootings and the cut to the Department of Education, I'm going to homeschool my son. That's why I'm taking classes for this degree. I can teach him how to do calculus with no problem, but addressing initial learning needs seems intimidating.

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Hi everyone, my name is Taylor Sherman, and I am working on my second associate's degree. Between my husband and I we have 6 kids and 1 grandson. I am working on getting my associates degree for early childhood education for development and growth. My ending goal is to be a be a victim advocacy for children. I plan on transferring to the U of A to major in Behavioral health science in administration of justice. I enjoy spending as much time as possible with my kids and capitalizing on what time I have with my kids. I am a full-time mom and a full-time student along with doing extra-curricular activities with my kids that are in school still.

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Hello everyone, my name is Martha. Family is very important to me, so I love spending as much time as I can with them, whether it's having dinner together, celebrating special occasions, or creating family movie nights at home. I am a mom of two boys and work as an acting teacher at a Head Start center in town. I am pursuing my associate's degree in early childhood education and must complete this class. It is somewhat intimidating and overwhelming being back in school after so long and having to balance my home life with work and completing assignments on time. I have enjoyed everything I have learned so far and am excited to continue learning and discover what this class is all about.

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Hello fellow Classmates and instructor, My name is Alexa Gomez and this is my second year pursuing my Early Childhood Education degree. I currently have a degree in Health Information Technology which i do not work with because i have 2 girls and i have no one to take care of them. I plan to finish this degree and work as an educator in a preschool. I really love being around and learning from their little minds. I hope we all have a great rest of the semester !

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Hello my name is Alexis, i currently live in Oregon but previously i lived in Arizona. I am married to my high school sweetheart and we have 2 children. My family is what completes me and makes me want to be successful. I am taking this course since it is a requirement for my degree. I am hoping i can learn alot from this class.

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Hello everyone, my name is Sylvia. I am currently working full time as a preschool instructor and currently taking three college classes this semester and working towards my Associates Degree in Early childhood education, which I hope to get in December of this year. This is one of the courses I needed to take for my degree. Although I've been working in the school district for almost 10 years now and a lot of the classes I have taken is mostly things I know already because of the experience of working in a school district, I really enjoy taking these classes because there are some things I don't know or I can improve on. To help improve my knowledge and way of doing things in the classroom and taking the right measures, not only will the class help me but I think having the input of fellow classmates and the instructor can help me as well. I look forward to taking this class!

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I have recently had my first child, and nobody has prepared me for how fast someone can fall in love with someone they have just met. I have moved a few times and have been in Arizona for less than 10 years. I decided to change my jobs and try out what I might be interested in for college. I did this two years ago and love working with students. I have worked from pre-school to high school. I love learning more about each and every day; I learn things that will help me not only build my future but also the future of many children I will work with.

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Hi everyone, my name is Jennifer Denton, I go by Jen. I am a wife, mother, sister, and daughter. I have been married to my husband Ben for over 22 years, and we have two children together. My son Gaven is 18 years old and is a Marine, and my daughter Zoey is 13 and in the 7th grade. I am the oldest of four daughters and a twin. I recently retired from the Military after over 20 years of service. Prior to entering the military, I wanted to become either an Elementary Special Education Teacher or Kindergarten Teacher and had completed a few college courses towards that goal which is why I am taking this course. While in the military I earned an AAS degree as an instructor on my aircraft. I enjoy education and have instructed and mentored others throughout my time in the military.

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Hello everyone, my name is Kaitlin Williamson. I'm 28 years old and autistic. I love playing videos, listening to music, and doing many different types of arts and crafts. I have have 5 fur babies, 2 dogs and 3 cats. This will be my last class then I will be getting my Associates in ECE. I would love to work with children with disabilities. I don't know much about the administration part of education, most classes focus on teachers and the classroom, so I am excited to learn more about this aspect of education.

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Hello, my name is Hayley. I have been working at the Boys & Girls Club for about 3 years now. I run the art program there and did a little teaching as an art teacher at a private school a couple of years ago. I really love anything to do with art, from performing arts to fine arts to fiber arts. I just love to create. I also adore cats; I have two of my own named Noodle and Mochi. I am currently working towards an ECE degree and am interested in teaching either preschool or kindergarten. I am looking forward to this course and all I can learn here.

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Hi my name is Andrea! I am currenttly on the track to grauate in May with my AAS in Early Childhood Education! I am so excited to be in this class with you all and look foreward to getting to know everyone. I am currently working at Barrio Brewing company! You may have seen our beer on a shelf in stores we make it all in house! I am volunteering at Headstart right now and hope to be employed by some agency like it! Currently I am not allowed to be employed by them because my mom works at the HR department there. In my free time I am probably hiking or traveling. I myself as a person am a hard worker and it takes a lot to get me out of something that I am super interested in. For me this was education I was previously in psychology and Nursing and it honestly never gave me the feeling that education gave me. When it comes to that it makes me so excited everyday to know I am part of something that makes such a big difference.

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My name is Gabryella Dickey, I prefer to go by Gaby though. I am 21 years old, and I just moved from Huachuca City to Coolidge for an amazing job at Banner Casa Grande Medical. I work in the Er registration department, so far I love my job and the people I have been in contact with. I have the goal to become a teacher one day, I took this class to try and gain knowledge and a better insight to the educator world of things. I look forward to learning from this class and seeing if this career field is truly for me or not. My free time I love taking my jeep out on adventures and riding my horses. I live alone with my three dogs, and they are my actual children because I do not have any biological kids yet. Thank you and I am excited to finish out this semester strong

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My name is Gabryella Dickey, I prefer to go by Gaby though. I am 21 years old and just made the move from Huachuca City to Coolidge for a new job. I started a job at Banner Casa Grande Medical Center, I work in the Er registration department. So far I love my job and everyone I have had to opportunity of meeting. For some time now I have been taking education classes and trying to plan and figure out what I want to do career wise for life. This class is another steppingstone into truly finding that part of myself out. On my free time I love taking my jeep out on adventures and riding my horses. I live alone with my 5 fur babies, I have 3 dogs and two cats. I do not have any biological children. I am excited to finish out this last half of the semester strong and gain everything this class has to offer me.