Introduction

Hi my name is Tanya. I live in Niagara Falls and I am an only child. My background is Italian and I love spending time with my close-knit family. My favourite extracurricular activity is playing sports, and my most preferred sports are basketball and soccer, which I have been playing since I was young. I have played travel basketball, soccer, and trained in Taekwondo for a number of years, but now I simply play co-Ed soccer for fun.

 I currently attend Brock University and I am in the Concurrent Education program. My first teachable is Math and my second teachable is Chemistry at the Intermediate/Senior level. I am looking forward to becoming a teacher and hope to have the opportunity to work in the Niagara Region. I knew I wanted to be a teacher ever since I was young and I am so close to achieving this goal.  I want to pursue a teaching career because I enjoy working with and being surrounded by people, I want to make a positive difference in students’ future, and I really enjoy helping people understand concepts that they are struggling with.  I look forward to the opportunity to encourage and motivate students to discover and build on their strengths and realize their full potential.

This blog will consist of weekly posts based on my reflections of readings and material taught in the course EDBE 8F83 with the intention of learning more about myself and growing as a Mathematics learner.

Through this course I am hoping to develop the skills necessary to become a great math teacher and I am eager to learn about different teaching strategies that can be used to teach a variety of learners. I also want to gain a good understanding of what is contained in the Ontario Secondary School Mathematics Curriculum and how to conduct an engaging lesson plan based on the material.

Thanks for reading, and enjoy!