Education
Background
- At the onset of
her 25th year in independent education, Pamela draws on a wide
variety of experiences from independent schools. Having majored
in Biology, with a strong interest in Molecular Biology, she has
varied her Chemistry pursuits to include such courses as Organic
Chemistry and Biochemistry. Pamela has been a teacher and administrator,
an adviser and coach, and served on numerous progressive/evaluative
committees.
- Previous Teaching
Roles: Algebra II, Biology, AP Biology, Physiology
- Previous Coaching
Roles: Varsity Basketball, JV Basketball, MS Basketball, JV Softball,
JV Soccer
- Previous Administrative
Roles: Athletic Director
Philosophy
of Education
- Taking an active role in one's education is a responsibility
that successful students grow to realize early on in their education.
What can I do to achieve at the level I am capable and reach toward
my potential? What can I offer to the group that will move us
forward towards a more complete understanding? These are just
a few of many questions that, when asked of oneself consistently,
can lead to positive results. To become interested in this process,
and comfortable with the healthy risk taking that is part of the
learning process, a teacher must both inspire his or her students
and provide an environment in which students feel comfortable
and safe. A classroom needs to be a place where students are given
the tools to competently reflect on challenging questions, and
confidently offer possibilities.
Discovering
scientific processes furthers the comfort level young people feel
with respect to understanding their environment, and their own
relationship to it. Laving any science class, a student generally
realizes more about the space they are interacting with than before
they entered into that particular classroom. Additionally, we
are living in an age where science is growing rapidly in many
directions. Technology, medical advances, levels of molecular
understanding, environmental and energy concerns – all these require
a solid base in the sciences. Through engaging and dynamic classes,
teachers can support support, or even inspire, our next generation
of inventors, teachers, scientists, doctors, researchers, business
people and political leaders.
Interests
and Activities
Pamela
love's to spend time with her four children. In part because of
her's and her husband's strong interest in athletics of
many sorts, she spends a lot of time transporting her kids to
athletic practices/contests and watching them. This fall she took
several road trips to support Middlebury football.
Pamela also love's mountains,
and has been hiking them most of her life. This summer she was
even fortunate enough to travel to Alaska and did a bit of hiking
there! Her heart is in the Adirondacks.
On
a Personal Note
“I
have four children ranging in age from five years to nineteen
years, and a husband who is my best friend. Each child has their
own unique strengths and each learns in vastly different ways.
I believe that being blessed with my children has made me a more
complete teacher and coach of other children. While at the same
time the many children I have, and will teach and coach, have
made, and are making, me a better parent. My oldest son Andrew
is a sophomore at Middlebury College, a science major and football
player. My oldest daughter Emily is a Special Needs student at
Coventry High. My 6th grade son Erik constantly centers me by
sharing the vigilant notice he takes in the beauty and wonder
of the natural world. Victoria is my Kindergartener and is fearless
in all she does, yet contains the empathy and consideration for
others that is beyond her years.
The
support my husband gives me in all endeavors is immeasurable,
which is one reason why we celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary
this past March.
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