My Career Timeline

My Career Timeline

Period: Jul 7, 1996 to May 9, 2011

Summer School @ Eastern Suffolk Boces

Jul 8, 1996

I worked in a classroom as a 1:1 aide with elementary students that were classified as Mentally Retarded. Had I not had such a wonderful teacher, I probably would have ran out of the education world.

Substitute Para at Eastern Suffolk BOCES

Period: Nov 11, 1996 to Sep 9, 2001

Forest Brook, North Country, St. Charles, Masera, Centereach, Sayville, Nesaquake/
Each one of these schools had different types of students. I fell in love with Nesaquake and never left.

TA @ Nesaquake LC

Period: May 9, 2000 to Jun 6, 2002

Got a Full Time TA position at Nesaquake LC & Began my Masters Degree for education at Dowling.

Sep 9, 2000

I was a TA in a Math class and Living Environment.

Nesaquake LC turns into Brookhaven Academic Center

Sep 9, 2001

We moved to a new building in Bellport. We were attached to the tech center which offered great opportunities to our students.

Earned my Master's Degree in Special Education

May 8, 2002

GOT MY FIRST TEACHING JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jun 6, 2002

Interview with Mr. Feeney @ WFHS

Jun 26, 2003

I had made it through the special education interview and on to the principal of the building. Small world, found out he was president of the board of ed at my hs and he handed me my diploma at graduation. He hired me!!! I was told I would be teaching Bio and Health.

MY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

Sep 9, 2003

Wait, I thought I was teaching BIO!!! oops Welcome to Earth Science. My first year was hectic. We started the ICP program and I was teaching a subject I had little knowlege in!

YOU ARE BEING THROWN IN WITH ANOTHER TEACHER TO TEACH ICT!!!

May 4, 2004

INTRO MRS. Colleary (now bloch)

MEET YOUR NEW CO TEACHER

Sep 5, 2004

What a stressful day. I can sum it up like this...Ocscar Madison meet Felix Unger.

ICT WITH MY BEST FRIEND

Period: Sep 5, 2004 to May 9, 2011

Taught My first "REGENTS CLASS"

Sep 5, 2008