1.
How long have you been on Teachers Pay Teachers? What made you decide to be a part of it?
I started TPT in November of 2011. I start TPT
because a lady I worked with was doing it. I thought it sounded like a great
idea and I wanted to try it out!
2.
When did you know that you wanted to be in education?
I think I always knew I wanted to go into
education. (I use to play teacher with my teddy bears when I was little!)
However, I feel like I was truly called, or knew for sure, my Junior year of
high school. That's when the decision became final.
3.
How are you currently involved in education?
I am a 4th grade teacher at Oak Grove Elementary
in Cleveland, TN. I teach Math Science, and Social Studies.
4.
What would be your advice to people who are considering joining
Teachers Pay Teachers?
Get involved in the forums and make a blog. I
have loved getting to know fellow teachers though the TPT forum and blogs! It's
so exciting to see what other teachers are doing and making and incorporating those
great ideas into the classroom!
5.
What has been a highlight, thus far, about being on Teachers Pay
Teachers?
I think the little milestones has been the most
exciting. Selling my first product, earning 100 dollars, having my first
followers, etc. It keeps it fun when you celebrate the small stuff along the
way instead of waiting for a huge payoff!
6.
What is something fun about you that other teachers don’t know?
I'm a huge nerd! And not just the
academic nerd, but I love super hero's and star wars kinda nerd! I don't go to
conventions or anything, but I'm all about going to the newest super hero movie
and getting the t-shirt! I also love funny t-shirts and laughing a lot and very
loudly.
7.
Do you participate in education outside of the classroom? In what type of role?
Not really... All of my outside of the classroom
time is devoted to spending time with my husband and family and preparing
lessons for the classroom!
8.
What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?
There are many things I would like to try in the
education profession, but outside of that I would be interested in doing dinner
theater. There is a restaurant in a neighboring city that has staff that sings
and serves the guests. I think that sounds like fun!
9.
What profession would you not like to do?
I
wouldn't want to do anything that involved gross stuff or sitting in a cubical
all day...
10. Who is your favorite author? Favorite educational author? And why?
Favorite
Author is Janette Oke. She writes many Christian based stories that describe
women overcoming trials with God's help. My favorite books from her are the
books in the Love Comes Softly Series!
Educational
Author I love Harry Wong! His First Days of School book really helped me plan
out the first days of my first year. I still review it every year to help
remind myself of the things I need to do to start the year off on the right
foot!
by: Amanda McDonald Amanda's TPT store
Amanda's Prized Products
I think I am most proud of my Polygon
Song! I had never written a song before, but when I went to teach Polygons this
year I couldn't find a whole lot of "fun stuff". I got the whim to
write and it just happened! My students loved the song and I was giddy over
doing something I'd never done before!
I am also really proud of the War
type games I have made. I have made several version because my students have
completely fallen in love with them, but the most popular is Decimal War Game.
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