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Hi- my name is Rachel and I am 21 years old. I grew up in Allen Park, MI. My endorsements are in Cognitive Impairments and Emotional Impairments. I am currently placed at Greenville Middle School in a 6-8th grade MoCI Room. I love country music and spending time with friends and family.

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I'm 22 years old. I am a fifth year student here at Grand Valley. I am from the east side of Michigan. My endorsements are currently in Cognitive Impairments and Learning Disabilities. My current student teaching placement is at Discovery Elementary  School in Kentwood. I come from a family of teachers. My mom is a kindergarten teacher and both of my aunts are special education teachers, one in a middle school and one in a high school.

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I grew up in Southwest Michigan. I'm 21 years old. My current student teaching placement is at Forest Hills Central High School.
My passion for children and teaching arose from my dad being a teacher when I was younger! While I'm not teaching or in class, I enjoy nannying and spending time with friends.

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My Background

•29 years in the public school

•24 gen. ed. classroom—rural setting(many special education students)

•5 years as a reading teacher—urban setting (Reading Recovery, as well as small groups, and classroom lessons)

•Grand Valley 13 years

•Language Arts Consultant for K-12 schools

•NCTE, ILA, MRA, NWP, RCWP

•Published articles (Mary Dekker)

•Always wanted to end up teaching teachers—here I am!