Hi!! Thanks for visiting! :)

I'm Ms. Jennie, and I am SO excited to be teaching on Outschool! I am so grateful for the opportunity I have had and continue to have to reach so many learners and feel like I am making a difference in their lives which is exactly why I started teaching on this platform. I began teaching on Outschool when the pandemic hit and I wanted so much to reach out and give a hug and say everything is going to be okay to my class at that time. Then thinking about how many kids out there are experiencing such a drastic change I hoped that one way I could help was by connecting kids from around the globe going through a similar experience and make new friends and have at least 1 consistent thing to look forward to, a social group that just focused on having fun! The shared experiences, sweetest messages from families, and watching my learners grow over the past few years have been so impactful and meaningful to me and something I value greatly. 

CLASSES I TEACH:
1) Mobilize to Socialize Social Club: A Game a Week Is the Fun You Seek. Make New Friends!
(ongoing social club ages 5-7) 

2) Move This World SEL Curriculum Prek, Kinder, First, Second and Third grade
About the curriculum: https://youtu.be/ogfas94q2Hs

3) "Discover the Source Code to Living a Fulfilled Life" 
Multi-Day ; Ages 9-12
Through the Organization The Fulfillment Source Code
https://outschool.com/teachers/TFSC?usid=QFxl1h1Q&signup=true&authTrigger=follow_teacher&utm_campaign=share_leader_link

4) Kindness/Emotional Intelligence Class                                                       
NEW CLASS coming soon!!!!  (ongoing weekly class ages 6-8)

REWIND; A bit about me:
I have 5 years of teaching experience in the public schools as a certified Early Childhood Educator teaching a variety of students with differing needs and abilities. Specifically, I have taught two years in a Kinder/First/Second grade self-contained classroom working with several students with special needs: learning disability, developmental delay, emotional/behavioral disability, and autism. I have also worked alongside a Reading Specialist utilizing a direct instruction program (LLI) teaching reading and writing interventions to small groups who needed extra help. My most recent experience is teaching Preschool before the pandemic hit and now I’m here on Outschool!

My Philosophy:
Children are naturally curious about the world around them. Research shows that when you can provide meaningful experiences that connect with the child’s natural interest, it enhances their learning and engagement. I believe in this as well and that learning can be fun and exciting especially when I incorporate each learner’s unique strengths and interests into the content being taught. In addition, I believe that every student can learn, it just may not be in the same way or at the same pace as others and that is okay! I fully believe in my learners abilities and part of my job is to make sure they believe in themselves too! 
                                                              
~Sometimes the greatest thing we can do for children is to instill the confidence in them to believe that they can and so therefore they will. ~

         
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
ILLINOIS Professional Educator License

▪B.S.: Early Childhood Education & Minor: Psychology, Northern Illinois University
▪Endorsements: 
     -Early Childhood Education; 
     -Special Education Approval; 
    -English Second Language;  
    - LBS1

▪Masters Special Education; Learning Behavioral Specialist - Graduating December 2023          


INTERESTS:
-Reading
-movies
-board games
-volunteering & helping others
-playing the violin (since 4th grade!)
-focusing on nutrition
-spending time with family, friends and my dog!

I look forward to hearing from you, and how we can work together as a team to best meet the needs of your learner(s) Please feel free to message me on Outschool!