What's New

            So... what's been happening? Well, in 2011 my hubby and I had our second kiddo. After much prayer, we felt the Lord calling me to resign from public school and focus more on my family. What a blessing it has been! I did continue to work, but only part-time... very part-time. I accepted a position at Gloria Deo Academy teaching Art K-12. I only work two days (not full days) a week and I get to bring the little one with me. I'm so thankful for this job and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it.

GDA is a fabulous place to work. The men and women here are full of Christ's love and overflow with His grace and mercy. It was a difficult transition for me. I just loved my job at Bingham and I terribly miss working with at-risk students.  However, God has given me the ability to continue to use my talents of teaching and still be the best mom in the world.

I'll try to keep up on this blog a bit better than I have done in the past. GDA is a classical education school so the projects I'll be teaching may appear to be unique.  I've had to work hard at adapting my teaching curriculum and style to reach this new dynamic of students.  Here at GDA we have a HUGE population of gifted students.  This opens a whole new world for me… with a whole new set of challenges. I'm a firm believer in differentiated instruction, but also social norms and adaptation. Therefore, I often manipulate projects to reach individual student needs while still raising the bar and expecting more.

In addition to posting awesome art ideas, I’m going to try and post a bit about myself:  my testimony, what God is teaching me, things about my kids and family (which is always a good time), and just life itself.