MsFosterTeaches

Hello! My name is Cassandra Foster. I am from the great state of OH-IO. I graduated in spring 2019 from Wright State University with a Bachelors in Middle Childhood Education. My concentrations are language arts and social studies. I believe the most challenging thing in school for myself has been discipline and balance. I still struggle with those areas as an educator, but I have been working to improve them. I teach my students the importance of those skills every day, and I know the importance of “practice what you preach.” Immediately following graduation from WSU, I was offered my first teaching position where I taught 7th and 8th grade language arts for two years followed by grades 5th and 6th for two years. I later transitioned to another local charter school in my city where I have been teaching 6th grade ELA only for the past 2 years. I am currently entering my 7th year teaching English to grade 6. During my 6th year teaching, I decided to further my education by enrolling into Grand Canyon University for my master's to obtain licensure in my state. I am grateful to say that I graduated with my FIRST masters this past May from GCU! My ultimate dream is to open my own school from the ground up and offer a fresh new learning experience for students in the very neighborhood that I grew up in. I believe we hear so much about the Ron Clark Academy or the private schools across the nation, but I want to give back to my own community in a different way, and what better way than in education! Although teaching was not my first go-to career, I have always had a passion for education. My goal is to make every child fall in love with learning when they step into my classroom- no matter the subject or grade that I teach. I want to communicate high expectations, growth mindsets, and impossible possibilities. I love the idea of an online platform and being able to take one class at a time. I am excited to gain all types of information from my classes. My purpose for attending GCU is to receive that extra component in my professional career that I know will open greater doors for myself and bring an added value that is well deserved as an educator. I look forward to being able to take that knowledge and use it in my classroom and share it with other fellow educators!