Hello my name is Alycia Barker

I am a Round Rock native and a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University. I am a proud owner of a sweet one year old Pembroke Welsh Corgi named Bodie. I love getting to spend time with him through going on lots of long walks.

I am going into my fourth year of teaching and my third year of teaching first grade. I absolutely love teaching first grade and am so excited to get to welcome and to teach a new group of first graders this school year.

One of my favorite things about first grade is getting to watch each of my students grow and to develop into independent and confident learners. I feel that first grade is such a monumental year in a student's academic career and that each student is able to make and to show so much growth throughout the school year both academically and socially. As their teacher it is a pleasure getting to guide my students so that they are able to develop skills and to show confidence as readers, writers, mathematicians, as scientists and through their skills using technology.

As a teacher, one of my strengths and passions is to integrate technology into my teaching. Because of this I have gotten the opportunity to become a certified Google Educator Level 1. I have gotten certified as a PearDeck Inspearational Educator, and have become a Seesaw Pioneer which is like an ambassador for the use of Seesaw as a learning tool in the classroom. Through my own confidence and abilities to utilize these tools in my classroom I am very excited to get to integrate these learning tools into the curriculum.