Introduction- Sarah Pankratz
Hello! My name is Sarah Pankratz, and I teach at Cornerstone, a private Christian school in SE Washington, DC. This is my 4th year teaching full time and my 5th year at the school. I have been teaching high school math, and this year I am teaching Biology too. My concentration for this Masters at MSU is in Math & Science Education. I hope to teach overseas some day and have some informal experience teaching ESL. Some of my goals professionally are: 1) to grow in creating engaging lessons for students to get them excited about biology & math, 2) to have students conceptually understand math and make real-life connections, and 3) to foster a love of learning that will take students past high school. Initial Definition of Curriculum: Curriculum encompasses the whole of student learning in a class, including projects, lessons and their specific objectives, class materials such as textbooks, notes, and worksheets, and anything the teacher adds on in teaching the material....