February 10, 2015
Dear Parents and Students of 3-509,
After four years of
teaching, I'm very excited to be taking the year off to study at Teachers
College. For the past four years, I was a classroom teacher in French Immersion
schools in Toronto where I taught fourth grade, a combined class of first and
second grade students, and most recently third grade. Before becoming a
teacher, I spent several years volunteering at Frontier College, a national
literacy organization that provides free tutoring and other literacy-related
activities for at-risk communities. While working with elementary-school
children at Frontier College, I became passionate about literacy and decided to
pursue teaching as a career.
After teaching for a few years, I
decided I wanted to improve my practice by pursuing a Masters Degree. I have
always learned the most from watching other teachers and from co-teaching with
colleagues so I only sought out programs with internship components. Last
semester, I interned in a first grade classroom at P.S. 29 and it was an
incredible learning experience. I’m happy to be teaching in 3-509 this semester
and I feel extremely fortunate to have been placed with Aimee.
I am thrilled to be living in New
York City this year. I have never lived outside of Canada and I'm excited for
all of the new experiences to come.
After living here for only a few months, I am already starting to feel
at home and well acquainted with the city. In my free time, I enjoy walking
around the city, running and spending time outdoors with friends. I also love
reading cooking blogs and trying out new recipes!
I’m so
happy to be working with your children this semester and hopefully I will get a
chance to meet some parents too!
Sincerely,
Hannah Ticoll
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