Mrs. Anderson has been teaching PACT since the 2009/2010 school-year and currently serves Johnson STEAM Academy, Nixon, and Truman. She has her B.A. in Elementary Education from the University of Iowa and holds endorsements in K-12 Gifted Education, K-8 Reading and K-8 Social Studies. Before teaching in gifted education Mrs. Anderson taught Kindergarten and 5th grade as a classroom teacher, substitute taught, worked as a paraeducator in special education, and worked in school-aged childcare before and after school and during the summers.
Also, Mrs. Anderson has experience in writing and has an alter-ego named C.J. Anderson. C.J. likes to write Young Adult & Children's books and is an Award Winning published author. If you are curious about Mrs. Anderson's author life, that website is http://www.authorcjanderson.com.
Please feel free to contact Mrs. Anderson at 558-1452 or caanderson@cr.k12.ia.us with questions you may have about the Program for Academic and Creative Talent and how it is working to meet the needs of academically able students.