2010-2011 Residency Completing residency at Montclair School of Academics & Enrichment, Kindergarten
I am from Michigan and grew up the oldest child of two teachers. I grew up camping with my family and playing in the lakes of Michigan. I graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Social Work, and moved west, spending a summer in Yellowstone before moving to Steamboat Springs. I have been in Colorado for 13 years now, and in Denver about 7 years. I am a passionate about playing outside; I love to garden, swim, run, ski, and hike. I am three years married with a daughter Cassidy Anne, who will be two in October.
For the last six+ years while in Denver, I worked for Goodwill Industries in the Youth Services Department. I started out in a part-time, temporary position helping youth with disabilities find employment, and worked my way up to Manager of Youth Services for the last four years. A good friend of mine who I had worked with at Goodwill, Sarah Grant, was accepted into Denver Teacher Residency last year. She knew I wanted to get into the classroom and shared the website. She has been an amazing coach to me as I went through the application process and really encouraged me to pursue this opportunity. She has always spoken very highly of her experience with DTR.
I have always wanted to be a teacher! I spent the first half of my career teaching through alternative venues – outdoor education, job and career readiness, and working as an outside community-based organization in a school. Finally, after the birth of my daughter, I knew I needed a change and after Sarah told me about DTR, I put my whole heart into the application process. The resources, training, and support DTR provides is exceptional and rare in teacher prep programs. Plus, I knew I wanted to work in DPS schools and that I would need more training and support then just a six-week summer seminar. I want my teaching career to be effective and impactful, and this is the program that will train me to be the kind of teacher I want to be.
My residency year brings so many new things – getting to know my mentor teacher, walking into work every day to a classroom of students, receiving ongoing feedback, coaching, and development, being invested in, and fulfilling my dream of, becoming a teacher and learning new information!
Jennie Clarke
2010-2011 Residency
Completing residency at Montclair School of Academics & Enrichment, Kindergarten
I am from Michigan and grew up the oldest child of two teachers. I grew up camping with my family and playing in the lakes of Michigan. I graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Social Work, and moved west, spending a summer in Yellowstone before moving to Steamboat Springs. I have been in Colorado for 13 years now, and in Denver about 7 years. I am a passionate about playing outside; I love to garden, swim, run, ski, and hike. I am three years married with a daughter Cassidy Anne, who will be two in October.
For the last six+ years while in Denver, I worked for Goodwill Industries in the Youth Services Department. I started out in a part-time, temporary position helping youth with disabilities find employment, and worked my way up to Manager of Youth Services for the last four years. A good friend of mine who I had worked with at Goodwill, Sarah Grant, was accepted into Denver Teacher Residency last year. She knew I wanted to get into the classroom and shared the website. She has been an amazing coach to me as I went through the application process and really encouraged me to pursue this opportunity. She has always spoken very highly of her experience with DTR.
I have always wanted to be a teacher! I spent the first half of my career teaching through alternative venues – outdoor education, job and career readiness, and working as an outside community-based organization in a school. Finally, after the birth of my daughter, I knew I needed a change and after Sarah told me about DTR, I put my whole heart into the application process. The resources, training, and support DTR provides is exceptional and rare in teacher prep programs. Plus, I knew I wanted to work in DPS schools and that I would need more training and support then just a six-week summer seminar. I want my teaching career to be effective and impactful, and this is the program that will train me to be the kind of teacher I want to be.
My residency year brings so many new things – getting to know my mentor teacher, walking into work every day to a classroom of students, receiving ongoing feedback, coaching, and development, being invested in, and fulfilling my dream of, becoming a teacher and learning new information!