• To create the best possible learning experiences for each child.
• To educate the whole child including the spiritual, physical, emotional, social, and creative aspects.
• To educate students for their future.

I believe that curriculum:

• Should be set up by professionals, students, and parents.
• Should be integrated for meaning.
• Should promote literacy.
• Should teach values such as honesty, responsibility, and self discipline.
• Should be child centered.
• Should include basic skills, thinking skills, and personal and social skills.  Most importantly we should teach children how to learn.

I believe:

• Every child can learn given an appropriate learning environment.
• Each individual has enormous potential for thinking and learning.
• Students need to have learning experiences that are relevant to their life.
• Learning experiences should be integrated so there is purpose in what they learn.
• Students learn more from active hands-on curriculum that allows them to explore and create.
• Students do not all learn the same way.
• Students learn from each other and from the modeling of behaviors by other students and adults.

I believe a teacher:

• Is a professional who has great interest in guiding children to help them reach their potential.
• Has a role to create educational opportunities for students that enable them to know, think, value, feel, and act.
• Is a coach for learning, not a giver of facts.
• Should seek students' points of view and interests to promote learning.
• Should have a love for children, subject matter, and a vision of teaching and learning.
• Are constantly learning and growing in the profession.
• Have a desire to excite all students in learning.
• Should create a learning environment that extends beyond the traditional classroom to real-time experiences, real-life applications, and intra- and inter- community partnerships in learning.

My desire is to stay committed to my beliefs and make your child's world one that consists of a love for learning, an excitement in discovering, and a secure feeling of belonging.  I am excited to share this journey with your child.