My name is Kara Scott, and I am currently a second grade teacher at Wiley Elementary School in Greensboro, NC. I have taught there for 6 year and 4 of the years in second grade. At the end of this school year I am moving to another school in Guilford Country to teach first grade. I am engaged to a wonderful man named Nathan and we are currently planning our beach wedding.
As a child I loved children’s books. Some of my best memories are with my mother as she would read nighttime stories to me before I would drift off to sleep. Over time I would read along with my mother some of our favorite nighttime stories. The love for reading I had as a young child and the love I have today as an adult didn’t foster from the reading experience I had as a child in school. Reading did not come natural to me and was a difficult task. It was hard to sit in the classroom and see the differences between yourself and other students. My parents did all could to provide me with extra support to learn how to read. Over the years I became a successful reader, but it was my early struggles that made reading my passion as a teacher.
Today as a teacher I see myself in many children, sitting in the class as a struggling reader looking at their classmate complete the effortless reading task. I teach in a low performing school centered in middle of a public housing development. The students come with all different experiences and reading abilities, their parents unlike my own often don’t have the resources to support their child in their educational journeys. I am truly looking forward to taking this class to learn new strategies to use with children who come from low socioeconomic backgrounds.
Kara Scott