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Welcome!

I am SO excited to start my 3rd year of teaching as a second-grade teacher here at Grand Prairie Elementary. For my first year of teaching, I was a 6th grade English Language Learner Teacher in Shorewood, Illinois. My English Language teaching skills prepared me to create an inclusive elementary classroom environment for diverse learners.

Education

I am a 2020 graduate of Illinois State University. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and English as a Second Language.  I am currently working towards receiving my Master in Reading at Olivet. I will be graduating in 2025!

Philosophy

Each day a student is in school, we prepare them to be effective, hardworking, and contributing members of society. They must learn from a teacher who cares about them as a person and practices what they preach with evident enthusiasm and passion. They need to trust their teacher to learn from them and to one day be someone who is authorized to fulfill their societal duties. After all, teaching is the profession that creates all other professions.

Fun facts

I grew up in Minooka, Illinois where I went to Channahon Elementary School District and Minooka High School District. I have a dog named Lilly, who is a rescue. I enjoy going to my cottage in Sister Lakes, Michigan. I love the Chicago Cubs. I spend my free time working out at Orange Theory, listening to true crime podcasts, and reading mysteries.  I can be found wandering through Target with an iced coffee in hand and pens in my cart. I love teaching because I get to see my students thrive and grow as a person and as a student. I love how my class becomes my family each year. 

Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together."

- Scott Hayden -