Hi! Welcome to my home page. I am a Resource Specialist for the school district and as part of my duties I support the Mat-Su Day School programs. I look forward to assisting students, staff and parents during their time with us. I have been with the district since 2007 working in the area of behavior and social emotional learning. I have been an educator since 2002 and I have been lucky enough to work with all grade levels in a variety of programs. It is my pleasure to be a part of MSBSD.
"I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom.
It's my personal approach that creates the climate. It's my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make a student's life miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated
or de-escalated and a student humanized or dehumanized."
-Haim Ginott