about me
I hold a Master of Arts Degree in both English: Literature and Composition & Creative Writing. I have been teaching English Language Arts for the past 25 years. In that time I have taught the gambit from 6th - 12th grades including Honors, Pre AP, and AP courses. Most recently In 2019 I began teaching Eng. 101 for a local Junior College.
Professional Goals
My goal as an instructor is to build reading and writing stamina and critical thinking through a variety of 21st Century diverse reading and writing tasks in an effort to ensure students become lifelong learners meeting college and career mandated proficiencies.
Accomplishments
2023 Teacher Of the Year
Rosamond High Early College Campus
Southern Kern Unified School District
Kern County Superintendent of School Finalist
“Teach the art of language. ELA should not be reduced to 'English,' rather is should be the celebration of constructing language that finds joy in the clever construction of a poem, beautiful imagery painted across a page of prose, or a thought-provoking text that presents an ethical conundrum. It is essential that we appreciate and recognize the language as a contribution to art.”
Veronica Karr