I have taught in some capacity since 1981. I have been a clarion teacher from K-6, an academic interventionist, a title teacher, a homebound educator, a behavior classroom, and the associate teacher who worked in cooperative learning with four other teachers and piloted the job share program in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. I also was a para at Woodlawn 11 years ago, where I was an instructional para for second grade. I worked at the lab school at Central Missouri State University in fifth and sixth grade while obtaining my BS in Elementary Education K-8.