About_MissAdams



Here I am. In Times Square. March 2011.

** I am a teacher, a reader, a learner, a traveler, a chef, a Rangers fan, a Frog with purple blood in my veins, and a writer. I laugh, love, live. I attempt to educate, but more than that, I just do life with my students. They are my future, and yours. We should care for them and be a part of their village and journey. We should listen to them more than we actually think we do. ** I currently am a high school English teacher in Longview, Texas, and have found my niche in a T-STEM academy, where project based learning is my specialty, served with a side of Science Technology Engineering and Math. All of which I performed less well in during high school, but now is causing me to experience an epiphany on a regular basis. It has reignited a fire in me as a teacher I thought had died. I first fell into teaching by way of social work, and after a few years of working in child services with children and families, hospitals with adults and teens, and the state parole office with those on parole from prison, I began my journey as an English teacher that has taken me from at-risk for dropout programs, to teaching of all grade levels in the UK, to working with both advanced and struggling students, and to finally finding my sweet spot in a STEM school. I kind of consider myself the patron saint of PBL, and as a teacher consultant with the North Star of Texas Writing Project, I continue to pursue my personal inquiry in finding the perfect marriage of both approaches to reading and writing.

** I am often found at a conference, trading techie secrets with fellow ** ** mechanics and partners in crime, ** ** Heather ** ** and ** ** Amy. ** ** We have become dear friends and all three of ** ** us find ourselves **  ** constantly in discussion on our blog, ** ** Three Teachers Talk. **  My classroom web page is a wikispace we use to collaborate as a small army of learners and during our summer reading. Feel free to check it out! I am a member of TCTELA (Texas Council for Teachers of English/Langauge Arts), NCTE (National Council for Teachers of English), and ATPE (Association of Texas Professional Educators). I am a teacher consultant for the National Writing Project’s North Star of Texas Writing Project site, and the Advocacy/PR coordinator on their leadership team. I recently began to tweet, and can be found on Facebook. Feel free to join the collaboration and discussion about kids, writing, reading, teaching, and learning!

** You can find me on Twitter as **** “ **** finchgirl10 **** ” ****. ** ** My blog on using PBL with writing workshop is here on Wordpress.com. **

[Curriculum Vitae and References available upon request.]

** Come with me, and you’ll see – a world of pure imagination! **

** I love Global High and my Wolfpack! **   ** Looking forward to another great year at the ‘View! **