Designed by Katie Crowder
My name
is Kathleen Crowder, but everyone calls me Katie. I was born in
Homestead, Florida. but I have lived in Valdosta, Georgia. for the past
14
years. I am currently a Junior at Valdosta
State University in the Early
Childhood and Special Education Department and I am
majoring in Early Childhood Education. When I graduate I would
like to become a third grade teacher at James
Lovett Dewar Elementary School. I am
very excited about my future as a teacher and can not wait to get into
the classrooms!
Since I am training to become a teacher for the state of Georgia, I use the Georgia Performance Standards to plan all my lessons. I also found some awesome advice for first time teachers which I will definitely be re-reading before I start my first year in my own classroom!
I spend most of my time at Valdosta State because if I am not in class I am working with Dr. Brian Gerber. He has a great program that he recently started called Math Science Partnership in which we have two large groups, one of third through fifth grade teachers and one of sixth through eighth grade teachers. During this program we try to show the teacher new hands-on methods of teaching math and science. Also, in this program we gave the participating teachers iPods that they use to upload Podcasts from our website. The podcasts that they upload are lesson plans that were developed by master teachers in the area.
My fifteen year old sister, Alex, and I are truly best friends and my Pomeranian Chasin' is just like a child to me!
Since I am training to become a teacher for the state of Georgia, I use the Georgia Performance Standards to plan all my lessons. I also found some awesome advice for first time teachers which I will definitely be re-reading before I start my first year in my own classroom!
I spend most of my time at Valdosta State because if I am not in class I am working with Dr. Brian Gerber. He has a great program that he recently started called Math Science Partnership in which we have two large groups, one of third through fifth grade teachers and one of sixth through eighth grade teachers. During this program we try to show the teacher new hands-on methods of teaching math and science. Also, in this program we gave the participating teachers iPods that they use to upload Podcasts from our website. The podcasts that they upload are lesson plans that were developed by master teachers in the area.
My fifteen year old sister, Alex, and I are truly best friends and my Pomeranian Chasin' is just like a child to me!
I love
being outside! There is just so very much to do outside and there
are always great new adventures waiting for you! I love fishing, especially
salt water fishing!
There is nothing more exciting then hooking a fish and reeling them
in! One of my favorite places to go fishing is Perry, Florida.
there
are so many great fishing spots there, but probably my favorite one
there is Keaton Beach.
I also
enjoy taking pictures of nature. The daisy picture at the top of
the page is
probably my favorite picture that I have taken. Here are a few
more:
 Student Resources |
 Ways I Can Integrate Technology |
 LiveText Portfolio |
 E-Book Website |
 E-Book Lesson Plan 1 |
 E-Book Lesson Plan 2 |
 Website for Practicum Teaching Classrooms |
 Website for Student Teaching Classroom |
Educational Activities Website for Student Teaching |
kjcrowder@valdosta.edu