Sunday, January 21, 2007

Welcome To My Blog

I am completing my MAT degree program at the Marlboro Graduate Center in Brattleboro Vermont. I am a Visual Arts Teacher at the East Hartford Middle School in East Hartford, CT. The enrollment of our middle school is 1100 seventh and eighth grade students. We are a small urban district across the Connecticut River from Hartford, the state capitol. I have taught in East Hartford all of my (many) teaching years.

In addition to teaching, I am very involved in my local and state unions. I currently serve as the Vice President of my local, and the Secretary of my state affiliate. The state Association officer position came about last summer as an opportunity I couldn't pass up, but was not something I had planned for.

I am a member of the district as well as my school Professional Development Committee, a member of our school Site Based Management Team, and serve as the chair of the Technology Oversight committee.

These positions make for a very busy schedule in addition to teaching full time.