I grew up in St. Louis, MO and I moved to Salem when I was 18 to attend Willamette undergrad. I majored in history and held a variety of jobs while in school including working as a barista and as an assistant in the library. Right now I am working at the Oregon School Boards Association in the Policy and Board Development Department. I really like working there, and maybe I'm a little weird, but I really enjoy learning about school policy.
Here is a picture of me from the OSBA website where I have giant pregnant head and kind of a weird comb-over hairdo.
Back about 9 years ago, I worked with inner city kids at a summer camp in St. Louis. I also facilitated teen groups and STARS classes with AmeriCorps, and led after school girls groups for at-risk middle school girls. My goal is to get certified to teach middle school social studies. I would also like to get an endorsement in ESOL. I took two years of Russian in college, and I am working on refreshing my grasp on the language. I got married in 2005 to a musician-electrician dude, and we live in NE Salem with our 15 month old son, Thaddeus and our cat, Assassin.
Russian --- you're almost guaranteed a teaching job in Woodburn. A friend of mine went up there 8 years ago and just loves it. Lots of special funding dollars are available to enhance his program.
ReplyDeleteAssassin?! i had no idea...also that is a GREAT photo Meri! you are gonna be such a great teacher, i would have loved being in any class you taught!
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