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About me
About me
About Me
About Me
Contacts
Phone: 828-884-2091 ext. 6655
Email: jsensab@tcsnc.org
Degrees & Certifications:
B.A. English, Ohio State University, Lima, Ohio
M.A. Education, Findlay University, Findlay, Ohio
National Board Certification: Early Adolescence/English
Educator Bio
Educator Bio
I've been teaching since 2004, in Transylvania County since 2005. My native state is Ohio. (Go Buckeyes!) I have one son who graduated from BHS in 2014. The picture to the left is from 2015, when I was awarded the honor of Teacher of the Year for Transylvania County.
I am the reading intervention teacher for all grade levels at Brevard Middle School. I work with students who struggle to meet grade level reading standards. I give them extra reading instruction that is different from their regular language arts class instruction. I teach fundamental decoding skills and support additional vocabulary and comprehension skills. The most important skill, however, that I teach my students is developing, using, and keeping grit. (video below)
My Schedule
My Schedule
Additional Information
Additional Information
My Daily Schedule
My Daily Schedule
Block 1 8:05-9:01 6th gr. ELA
Block 2 9:04-10:00 Planning
I & E 10:03-10:36 Small group
Block 3 10:39-11:35 7th gr. ELA
Lunch 11:38-12:06
Block 4 12:09-1:04 8th gr. Pull-out
Block 5 1:07-2:03 7th gr. ELA
Block 6 2:06-3:02 Planning
BMS has GRIT!
BMS has GRIT!
This is a fun WeVideo project that the graduation students of 2020 helped me create when they were 7th graders. Each year, I show this to my new students to begin teaching about grit and a growth mindset. When students come to middle school having struggled all of their academic lives with reading, they are discouraged and have often developed bad coping habits, like guessing at words instead of decoding words. It takes a lot of mental strength and personal courage to dig into foundational reading skills again at this age, so teaching the importance of grit and a growth mindset is crucial for success.
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