Week 1- Assignment #2- Introduction

I am Gloria Wade Gabb, a teaching assistant for five consecutive years at Challenge Preparatory Charter School.  I am currently co teaching Math, Language Arts and  and Science in grade 4. This is my first year in the MAT program.  I have always desired to become a teacher.  As a matter of fact, I taught for 7 years in another country before I transitioned into education administration.

Being an education administrator is prestigious and honorable; however, I felt that my contribution to education was limited.  As a teacher I am able to impact many more lives, that of the students and their families.  I also get a clearer view of education development and the community’s well-being as it relates to education. Being in the classroom generates a true sense of belonging for me.

If I were to write an autobiography it would be named "Surviving the Storm because it would be reflective of the many challenges I encountered in life so far. My favorite joke is when I accidentally dropped my friend's passport on a bridge and the wind blew it into the river.  It took so much effort to retrieve the passport. 

The term "New Literacies"' is unfamiliar to me; however, I intend to learn about it in this program.  My greatest concern about this course is whether I will be able to meet all the demands, especially having been out of school for many years. I hope to attain new skills and strategies that would enable me to become a more effective teacher.