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I live in Brooklyn, New York. I am a mother of two beautiful daughters, which I am extremely proud of. I am open minded to learn different strategies of how to teach reading to students of all ages,cultural backgrounds, and special needs.
I am from from Jamaica, West Indies. I would like to do something visit somewhere new and exotic this summer.

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Hi my name is Marsha. I was born in Jamaica. I migrated to U.S.A when I was young. I am currently a upk teacher. The opportunity to extend my certificate to SecondarySwDCertification arise. I hope this class will prepare me for a future teaching position in secondary grade. In my free time I like to travel different places and enjoy the scenery and the food. This summer, I look forward to being outside and enjoying myself.

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Hi! I'm Lauren. I grew up in Brooklyn and moved to Staten Island. Recently, I moved to Long Island. I'm a teaching assistant for 6th grade in the Bellmore School District. I've been looking intoprograms to extend my certifications but was having trouble finding one that wasn't too costly. When I received the email to apply for this program  I was so excited! At the end of these courses  I will be certified B-12 in Special Education and B-6 in General Ed. I'm hoping this helps me secure a head teacher position! On my free time I like to travel and eat at places I find through research (hence the picture, taken at Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY, creator of the buffalo wing and one of the top 10 places in America to get wings!) which is how I plan to spend most of my summer.

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Hi, I've been a substitute teacher for about five years. I like my job and I think I'm good at it. I want to make sure that I'm able to secure a permanent position by September, and make sure that I'm ready to excel at teaching once I do. Hopefully this course will help me reach both of those goals. I'm currently living in Staten Island but planning to move to Manhattan in September

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Hi! My name is Rachael. I am originally from Brooklyn, but now live in the Bronx with my husband. Over the past few years, I have taught 1st grade ICT, UPK, and taught in a residential treatment facility for children with extreme behavioral needs. I am looking forward to expanding my teaching license. At the end of this program I will be licensed for B-12! I am also looking forward to going to the beach more this summer!

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Hello everyone, my name is Edith. I am from the beautiful island of Jamaica and currently work as a PreK teacher with NYCEEC. I enjoy working and interacting with children to encourage their curiosity to learn about their world. I believe that every student has a natural ability to learn and given a supportive environment will be able to accomplish and become functional a citizen.
I look forward to joining this class to share and learn new skills and strategies to facilitate students learning and improve their academic goals.

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Greetings!

Hi everyone! My name is Stephanie Finkler. I was born and raised in Brooklyn New York. I graduated from Saint Joseph’s College last year with a Child Study degree and a minor in psychology. I am currently in the process of getting a Master degree in Education to further my knowledge in the field to better myself as an educator. I am also looking forward to extending my teaching license and taking classes at Hunter College! I am currently taking 5 college classes so this is my challenge for the summer. I am also looking for a fulltime teaching job. I am interested in working with special needs students, as I have a family member who was a child with special needs.  Last year I was a fulltime substitute teacher in a fourth-grade general education classroom. The students in my classroom were all English Language Learners.

I believe that every child can learn and make progress. But they need the right person to help them achieve their goals. I want to be that educator to help children achieve their goals. I believe that every child is capable of establishing a bright and promising future for themselves. With the right guidance, love, and support they will be able to believe in themselves, and realize that anything is possible. It will be my job to establish a safe and welcoming community based classroom where students can feel comfortable and confident about who they are and of who they have potential to be. It will also be my goal to teach them to show respect and love for themselves, their classmates, others, and their community.

At the end of the course I hope to learn more techniques with working with adolescence. I want to take chances and test my limits as an educator so that I can see what works and does not. I hope to strengthen the structure of my lessons. Also, I would like to be exposed to ways of how to differentiate instruction for different types of learners.

I am hoping that I am able to complete all assignments and other requirements for this course and my other classes. I am concerned that the work load will be intense. I will need to pace myself throughout the semester. Overall, I am looking forwards to the semester and the knowledge and experience that I will gain along the way.

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Hello's my name is Valerie.  I was born and raised in New York City. I think might be more relaxing to live outside the city. Finding just the right place near the city, but not in the city,  has actually been one of my short/ long term challenges for a while.I am taking this class because I would like to extend my special education certification to include grades 7-12. I enjoy working with young as well as older learners. Another challenge that I face is juggling home, school and work. But that's par for the course. I'm excited about the content that we are going to cover in our classes this summer. I'm motivated and I believe that the course material will be engaging. That's a recipe for success. I'm looking forward to working with each of you

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Greetings!

I am a 2006 Teaching Fellow. I began my full time teaching career at the elementary level from 2006-2010. In 2008, I graduated from Mercy College with a MS in Education.  Due to uncontrollable circumstances I became a substitute teacher in 2010. I am currently working as a Sub Assigned Special Education Teacher at the High School for Violin and Dance.

I am originally from St. Croix U.S Virgin Islands. I enjoy traveling, shopping and spending time with my 8 year old son and 17 year old daughter.

My summer challenges are teaching 3 periods of summer school and successfully completing 6 credits in 6 weeks.

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I am glad to be a part of this Hunter College program and look forward to growing as an educator and completing the coursework.

I am from New York City and enjoy traveling, learning about different cultures as well as visiting different states and communities throughout the United States.

My summer goals include learning as much as I can about teaching reading at the middle and high school levels, balancing my coursework with job responsibilities and enjoying the beautiful summer weather we are experiencing.

My challenges are maintaining a healthy weight by exercising and eating nutritiously.

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Initially, I started my career path with plans on being a general educator. During my undergrad studies, I fell in love with teaching students with disabilities. This course will help me to improve my knowledge of facilitating learning for students with varied needs, as well as, assist in forging the path to teach secondary school students.

I am from the Island of Jamaica, where I spent all of my childhood years. Originally, I came to Pennsylvania, spent some time on long Island, and finally relocated to Brooklyn within the same year. I have lived in Brooklyn for the pass 16 years.

My summer goal is to prepare myself for the classroom come September.

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I was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in Staten Island, NY most of my life. My family is from Nigeria, Africa.

I like spending time with family and friends, traveling, exercising and doing yoga.

I look forward in beginning these courses because I want to learn how to effectively teach reading, writing and content subjects to secondary students with disabilities. Since, I have only been familiar teaching elementary students.

My summer goals is have fun with loved ones, rest and do well in these summer courses to prepare myself to teach in the fall.

Challenges: Preparing myself to teach effectively to secondary students and how to communicate with them so that they are learning and receptive to my teaching style.

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I'm deeply excited about teaching this summer certification and about getting to know all of you. As the coordinator for the Adolescent Generalist Special Education program I strive to provide a seamless experience for my students. One that challenges them cognitively but that also fuels their hearts and passion for teaching.

I'm originally from Miami and relocated here thanks to a tenure track position at Hunter. I definitely miss the Miami sun and heat but LOVE Hunter students.

Some goals this summer include:
Making SPED 771 students fall in love with literacy and culturally responsive instruction.

Enjoying the beach (any beach) with my hubby and 10 year old son.