Exploratory Learning Experience

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As an educator dedicated to the middle grades I am highly interested in the available positions that are available for engagement with students in English Language Arts and Social Studies classrooms. I have been certified by the state to teach both those content areas and have been trained to undertake the unique challenges and joys that are associated with young adolescents. The exploratory learning in middle grades education is instrumental in my classroom as diverse learners engage in differentiated curriculum.

Additionally, I have had four separate internships in a variety of middle schools with the majority of them being rural settings. I have cultivated relationships with those schools’ communities by familiarizing myself with their

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