Before I started teaching elementary, I taught preschool for five years, working as a director and head teacher. I have now been teaching elementary school for the last 30 years. I specialize in the primary grades. I have worked as an ELD coach, BTSA support provider, mentor teacher, lab site teacher and peer coach for my district. I have presented at CABE several times over the last ten years with emphasis on SDAIE, ELD, and thematic units focusing on strategies to help ELL's succeed in the classroom.