2009-2010 Residency Teaching at Cheltenham Elementary, 5th Grade
In 2007, I graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with honors and a double major in Art History and Spanish. I spent my final year at CU studying Spanish in Guadalajara, Mexico. The year after graduation, I received a grant to teach English and develop bilingual curriculum in a public high school in Algeciras, Spain.
After returning to Denver, I knew I wanted to continue to teach and I began researching teaching programs. The DTR fit my hands-on style of learning and provided an opportunity for me to make a real, positive impact in my community, so I signed up.
I spent my first year as a DTR resident at Montclair Elementary with my mentor, Jennifer Shindoll. She modeled not only effective classroom practices, but also how to navigate an often-challenging assortment of obligations meted out to a public school teacher. As it turns out, our role as teachers is not limited to planning and teaching. I learned from Jen how to support a child in their education, as well as how to provide for them in their social development. She also continued to support me through the many challenges of my first year in my own classroom.
After two years in DPS teaching at Cheltenham Elementary, I have begun to see the actual breadth of my role as a fifth grade teacher. For some students, I may be their only connection to education. I have just one year to make an impact that will engage them and prepare them for the steps they’ll make on their own when they leave my classroom. For this reason, I am continually seeking ways to improve my practice in order to make every lesson count. This role of teacher is as difficult and multifaceted as it is rewarding, and it is one that I am proud to fulfill every day.
Erin Bohler – Cheltenham Elementary, 5th Grade
2009-2010 Residency
Teaching at Cheltenham Elementary, 5th Grade
In 2007, I graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with honors and a double major in Art History and Spanish. I spent my final year at CU studying Spanish in Guadalajara, Mexico. The year after graduation, I received a grant to teach English and develop bilingual curriculum in a public high school in Algeciras, Spain.
After returning to Denver, I knew I wanted to continue to teach and I began researching teaching programs. The DTR fit my hands-on style of learning and provided an opportunity for me to make a real, positive impact in my community, so I signed up.
I spent my first year as a DTR resident at Montclair Elementary with my mentor, Jennifer Shindoll. She modeled not only effective classroom practices, but also how to navigate an often-challenging assortment of obligations meted out to a public school teacher. As it turns out, our role as teachers is not limited to planning and teaching. I learned from Jen how to support a child in their education, as well as how to provide for them in their social development. She also continued to support me through the many challenges of my first year in my own classroom.
After two years in DPS teaching at Cheltenham Elementary, I have begun to see the actual breadth of my role as a fifth grade teacher. For some students, I may be their only connection to education. I have just one year to make an impact that will engage them and prepare them for the steps they’ll make on their own when they leave my classroom. For this reason, I am continually seeking ways to improve my practice in order to make every lesson count. This role of teacher is as difficult and multifaceted as it is rewarding, and it is one that I am proud to fulfill every day.