I have taught all levels of English/Language Arts to grades 9-11 in a public school setting (special ed, on-level, honors, and Advanced Placement). I am now working at the new Spring ISD Career Academy that integrates various career and technology courses into the academics. I have trained numerous teachers in "Project Integration", which integrates various subjects into the teacher's primary curriculum through hands-on, project-based learning through my business, Edu-Source Consulting. I was nominated for the Disneyhand Creative Teaching Award, and been honored with teaching various awards.
My teaching style is very hands-on, project based learning. Typically students will begin with a warm-up (15 minutes), be involved with a literature lesson (15 minutes), then finally engage in their respective project of choice for the remainder of the class time. Even if you have state mandated skills to teach, such as I do in Texas, you will find that these projects listed will typically incorporate an average of 20 required skills.
*Nominated for the Disneyhand Creative Teaching Award *Received school-level awards for creative teaching *Trained teachers in "Project Integration" that allows teachers to incorporate various subject areas into their own *Trained new Sunday School teachers at the Greater Houston Area Educational Leadership School *Selected as 1 of 40 Texas teachers to attend the Humanities Texas Institute at Trinity University
*Graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Houston while working full-time in a corporate environment *Taught Sunday School every Sunday for the past eight years to ALL grade levels *Experience with all levels of teaching and know these lesson plans will work with ANY level
*I am owner of Edu-Source Consulting, a consulting firm that assists schools with academic and CTE integration, as well as various other staff training. *I worked full-time in Benefits/Training Administration for Hines until I decided to follow my calling and go into teaching. Although I miss the high pay I received while in corporate (and the 2 hour lunches at the 5-star restaurants), I love teaching and interacting with youth. *If you have ANY questions about ANY of my lessons, please do not hesitate to contact me via e-mail at kathrync@springisd.org or edusource@embarqmail.com.
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Homeschooler
English Language Arts, Reading, Social Studies - History, Literature