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50 years old and working on my masters

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My name is Valerie Parman. I was born and raised in Winston, MO.  I was the 3rd child in my family and was like an only child.  My sister is 14 years older than me and my oldest niece is 7 years younger than me. I attended Winston R-VI School district from Kindergarten thru twelfth grade.  Upon graduation I went to college at Northwest Missouri State University (OABAAB). I obtained my bachelor's degree with a major in Accounting (1994). In October of 1994, I married Vernon Parman and we have two grown children.

The picture below is my family. Left to Right: Vernon, Valerie, Samantha, & Carl.

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I worked for Wal-Mart for 15 years and for Place's Discount Store for 2 years. I have worked at a car dealership in their service department and at a local grocery store.  I have sold Tupperware at two different points in my life.  My job at Place's was cut short due to them selling out to Pamida. I chose to not have a job and go back to college. I then obtained my teaching certification in business.

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I obtained my first teaching job in August of 2000 at Maysville High School in Maysville, MO. I taught business there for 8 years and then my job was dissolved because of budget cuts. I was told of an opening in another area school district in middle school math. I was not certified in this area but took the PRAXIS test and certified myself and applied and received the job at Pattonsburg High School in Pattonsburg, MO.  I taught there for 9 years and both of my children graduated there in 2013 and 2015.  I felt in the spring of 2018, the need for change and applied for a job as a middle school math, business, and STEM educator at the Jamesport High School in Jamesport, MO.  This is my current job and it has been an exciting year so far.

Picture courtsey of Tri-County School District

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I like to travel. In my 50 years of life I have traveled to 22 of the continental United States.

I like to spend time with my family. We travel together and spend a lot of time doing family fun trips.

While our children were at home growing up, we took many historical trips. Most of these were located right here in good Ol' Missouri. One of my favorite places that we visited was the home of Daniel Boone.

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Sing along to the Daniel Boone Theme Song

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With being a business teacher, I feel that I use a lot of technology in my classroom in the business aspect. I, however, do not use technology much in my math classes and have just began to teach my STEM class. I am looking forward to a collaboration between other students in the class; along with the instructor and the resources in this class to help get me out of the slump I am in and get me moving in the right direction.

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I use the computer and the internet on a daily basis for my personal shopping pleasure, paying of bills, and gaining access to social media like Facebook, Twitter, SnapChat, etc. I use technology for educating myself to help me in my personal life and my professional life.

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Professional Life and the use of Technology

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Professional Life and the use of Technology

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I use the computer daily for attendance, grade book, and email for school purposes. I use it to show videos or examples to students to help them understand the content of the subject area. I use my Elmo to project worksheets in front of the class to help them work through difficult situations or to work together. I use my Promethian board in classes to show students how things are suppose to work. We use calculators which are one of the oldest forms of technology.