Hi! My name is Adrienne Reininga. I am a Teach For America corps member, and a lead teacher at P.S. 325 in Harlem. I grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and majored in African-American & African Studies and Biology at the University of CA, Davis. During college, I lived in Argentina and Ghana. My experiences in college made me poignantly aware of the ways in which educational disparities unjustly limit the life prospects of children of color and/or low socio-economic status. I decided at the last minute to join TFA instead of going to medical school as planned. I teach 2nd grade, and had the privilege of looping with my kids this year (I had the majority of them last year in 1st grade). I absolutely adore my kids, and am so proud of how far we've come together!
I am finishing my second year in the Childhood Special and General Edu program at Bank Street, and although it has been difficult to balance my teaching responsibilites with my coursework, it's wonderful to be able to immediately apply what am learning to my teaching.
I'm really looking forward to this course!
Welcome Adrienne,
ReplyDeleteWhat a powerful and informed experience you must bring to your classroom and students! The task for this course will be to develop a curriculum that is relevant to your students, empowers them, and provide them with a rich and rigorous curriculum that will inspire them, teach valuable skills, and help them to become critical thinkers. You bring so much to this class!