I do a lot of different stuff. I’ve been called very multifaceted or diverse. I’m into all sorts of things. I like mountain bikes and motorbikes and snowboards. I also like table top RPGs, video games, and poetry. I have an English degree and I’m slowly falling in love with math. My partner is a gardener and now I’m learning all sorts of plants when we go on our little walks. My ever growing sprawl of interests creates a lot of way to connect with students and colleagues. I like doing all sorts of stuff because there really is so much cool stuff to do and especially in the North, keeping busy can make any place a little nicer to live in. My newest adventures include learning Dakelh and sewing. I’m essentially all over the place. This is great practice for creating a broad knowledge base. It’s something I absolutely try to bring into my teaching. The more things I can get excited about the more I can try and pass that excitement on to my students. I was really lucky during my first practicum do be at a very culturally diverse school attempting to teach Math. It was hard and embarrassing at first, but it helped me grow both my cultural awareness and my math teaching skills. I can’t be amazing at everything. The more I try, the more chances I have to learn, grow, and challenge myself.
Understanding voice and creating opportunities to learn is a big part of how I’ve made cultural learning a part of my lessons. I used folk stories from India in socials studies and English lessons, I had students help each other with Math in Spanish, and I work hard to incorporate the First Peoples’ Principles of Learning into my teaching in an honest way. This all culminates in classrooms that I’m more excited to be in. I like to be intrigued, I like to grow, and I like diversity in everything I do. Meeting standard 6 means growing my own abilities in the myriad of curricular subjects of an Elementary room. Standard 6 also means I get to keep things fresh, exciting, and curious for myself and my learners.
