I have been teaching for 20 years and absolutely A - D - O - R - E it! I've taught special ed (3,4,5 then K-5) in an inner city school, K, 1, 2, 1st/2nd multiage and Literacy Specialist in 3 states - NY, NJ and Colorado. One of my favorite jobs was teaching children with autism through Early Intervention in NY and NJ. I have been married for 20 years to my husband, Tom. We have two beautiful children, Emily, 15, and Nicholas,14. We suffered with infertility for 5 long years. After much work, money and tears our daughter Emily was born. We had Nick 20 months later. Nick is autistic and we are always evolving to keep our family happy. I made the decision to sell my products to pay for Nick's therapies and start a special needs trust for him when he is an adult so it is not our daughter's responsibility as well as to pay for medical bills for my daughter's recent hospital stay. http://ilove1stgrade.blogspot.com/

The key to great teaching is to follow your students and differentiate. I love learning about each child's interests, especially if it is a topic I do not know a lot about. I always learn as much as my students, if not more. If teaching is engaging and rigorous, then I know my students will learn. Teaching new concepts {or old ones in novel ways} revives my love of education!

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BA SUNY Binghamton MA University of Colorado

I feel very blessed to have a job that I love (and have loved) for 20 years. I am SO lucky! Reflecting on each lesson to become more effective is my passion. I try hard to change in order to meet students needs and keep school exciting for them (and me)! http://ilove1stgrade.blogspot.com/