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I currently teach 7th grade English Language Arts in the NW suburbs of Chicago.

Our class in the news:

Joy Kirr - 7th Grade Teacher - November, 2016

Arlington Heights Teacher Puts Focus on Students Leading Discussions - 4/11/16

Cardboard Challenge Accepted at Thomas Middle School - 10/14/15

Students Create Little Free Library - 7/21/14

A New Movement Ignites the Genius in Every Child - 5/16/14

  (Same article, posted in Educator Innovator here:

    Genius Hour and the Global Cardboard Challenge - 9/10/14)

"Genius Hour" - What Kids Can Learn from Failure - 3/10/14

Students' Genius Shines at Thomas Middle School - 5/28/13

Click here to see our class website -

Scholars in Room 239

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Former work in the profession:

     2002-2009 Reading Specialist at Thomas Middle School

         2007-2011 ELA Department Head at Thomas Middle School  

         2005-2007 Adjunct Professor at Benedictine University

     1995-2002 Teacher of students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing

            Special Education District of McHenry County (SEDOM)

            Alternative in Education for the Hearing Impaired (AEHI) at

                 Alexander Graham Bell Montessori School (AGBMS)

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