Can't Play by the Rules
I am just your not so normal English teacher trying to keep up with the tech craze. I probably read 1-2 hours every day on Tech Ed stuff and I'm trying to wrap my head around it. There is so much to learn and I feel like a kindergartner trying to learn it.
My passion is being creative and thinking creatively
My passion is being creative and thinking creatively
Some Cool Stuff I've Done and Sooooo Many Acronyms
Awards
JFMF Fulbrite Award Winner 2005
UCI Writing Project Fellow 2009
CATE Classroom of Excellence Winner 2012
Waite Middle School Teacher of the Year 2013
Norwalk La Mirada Unified School District Teacher of the Year 2013
Los Angeles County Teacher of the Year 2013
Presentations
CATE presenter 2010
SCTE Presenter 2009, 2010, 2011
CLMS Presenter 2007, 2010
Continuing Education
CUE Participant 2011, 2012
ISTE Participant 2012,2013
MA in Curriculum and Instruction, CSU Long Beach 2007
JFMF Fulbrite Award Winner 2005
UCI Writing Project Fellow 2009
CATE Classroom of Excellence Winner 2012
Waite Middle School Teacher of the Year 2013
Norwalk La Mirada Unified School District Teacher of the Year 2013
Los Angeles County Teacher of the Year 2013
Presentations
CATE presenter 2010
SCTE Presenter 2009, 2010, 2011
CLMS Presenter 2007, 2010
Continuing Education
CUE Participant 2011, 2012
ISTE Participant 2012,2013
MA in Curriculum and Instruction, CSU Long Beach 2007
A Poem I Wrote
I Teach
by Kelly Baker
I find
I find new insight when I am in the world
I find words swirling around people walking to grocery stores and laundry mats
I find my voice
I find my words
I find time
I let go
I let go of my insecurities as a writer – we are all writers
I let go of 20 years of not writing – there is time
I let go thinking I have nothing to say – stories are everywhere
I let go thinking I can’t take the time to write - there is time
I let go that art is something only painters do – we are all artists
I hang on
I hang on to smiles and kind words
I hang on to the full court press – reading deeply to improve
I hang on to word choice and structures - noticing the nuances that were anguished over
I hang on to guidance and encouragement and occasional wrong words
I see students who will no longer be strangers as
I hear their voices so clear in what they write
I know them as writers
I hope they all do too
I am changed