User:Stodd004

== About the Author ==

Hi. My name is Sheri Todd and I am a student at the ODU Peninsula Center in Hampton. I am a mother of three and actually graduated from Christopher Newport when it was still a college, in 1989. I am in the licensure only progam and hope to complete it next summer. I worked full time in the insurance industry until I had my third child. At that time I quit working for a paycheck and began working at home caring for my kids. I became a substitute teacher a couple years ago and found out then how wonderful teaching is. I took the job as the school based substitute at my sons' school last year and that helped me to narrow down which grade levels I felt I would be the most effective at teaching. I love teaching children to read so my dream job now is to teach first grade next year. I am currently one of two kindergarten assistants at the same school.

As the school based substitute I had the privilege of getting to know all of the children in the school. I found out how important the relationship between teacher and student is. If a child knows that a teacher cares about him then he will work harder to please that teacher. I also think it is important for a teacher to teach through example. The teacher's attitude a lot of times will be displayed in her students.