Room Number 157

Planning Time 

Teacher Message:

I am happy and excited to join the staff at Gateway Middle School.  I will be Gateway's new Speech and Language Pathologist.  I come to St. Louis Public Schools from the City of St. Charles School District, where I worked as a Special Education Teacher in a Language Classroom/Self Contained Cross Categrocial Class for the past 25 years.  I graduated from Fontbonne University with a Master's in Communication Disorders.  I hold certifications in Elementary Education 1-6, Speech Correction K-12 and Mild/Moderate Cross Categorical (Special Education).  I have had the opportunity to work as a Speech Pathologist for Special School District as well as for Cardinal Glennon Hospital for Children prior to working for the St. Charles District.  I have worked in Bakersfield, California in addition to Madison, Illinois.  My areas of passion are language as it relates to literacy and reading as well as autism Education.  I have received extensive training through Judevine Center, Project Access Center for Autism Education in O'Fallon, MO.

I have a daughter who is a third grade teacher and a son who currently is a senio at Missouri University of Science and Technology.  I love to travel when time permits as well as write.  My personal goal for the 2014-2015 school year will be to provide students with strategies that will empower them to open new pathways to increase learner outcomes.  I am passionate about providing support to parents and advocating for what is in the best educational interest of all students.  My students would describe me as happy, fair and creative.  I plan to be at Gateway for a full day on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.