Meet Teacher Jennifer!

Homeschool mom, certified teacher and mission family.

A Bit About Me:

I am a homeschool mom that has recently successfully launched one to college; the other is high school age. With over two decades of education experience in a variety of settings, my passion is to see kids become excited, life-long learners. I especially love to teach science, history, and reading. Outside of teaching, I can be found at the archery range watching my daughter train for the USA Archery team. My son just started college and is studying Environmental Science at Cedarville University. We love the Cincinnati Zoo so much; both of my kids now work or volunteer there. My husband and I love to serve the Lord and explore overseas, as well as closer to home when in the states. We love to go hiking in our woods, and I have a very deep love (or obsession, according to my family) of plants and herbs!

My Qualifications & Experience & Method

I earned my Bachelor of Science in Education with a minor in vocal Music performance from Cumberland College (now University of Cumberlands). After graduating I worked as reading teacher and manager of a tutoring agency until I left to live and serve in Turkey. Upon returning to the states, I began my career as a full-time teacher. Over the next 17, years I taught in public schools, private schools, and charter schools. Majority of that time I was a middle school science teacher. I also served as a field science research aid in the mountains of West Virginia in a salamander research project. I left full time teaching about

9 years ago to homeschool my children as we transitioned to life on the mission field. In that time, I began teaching some of the high school sciences at a local homeschool CoOp. I have also taught on Outschool; a virtual learning format.

As a teacher I use the MAWL method: Model, Assist, Watch, Let Go. I will model the method, assist the student, watch the student, and launch them to be independent in the skill. Students will be fully engaged through teaching, presentations, interactive discussion, teacher and student modeling, as well as inspiration from others. I desire to instill in students an eagerness to learn and explore their curiosity about life.

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