This week\u2019s Alumni Spotlight shines on Caitlyn Roy of Jonesboro, originally from Madison, New Hampshire, who graduated from UMM in 2007 with a degree in elementary education. Caitlyn is now a fifth grade teacher at Jonesboro Elementary School.<\/p>\n
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When I graduated UMM, I moved into a position that was located where I did my student teaching. I taught five 5thgraders and six 6th\u00a0graders. \u00a0It was a wonderful little school, however, after my first year, I moved to a larger school. I am now in the middle of my ninth year of teaching fifth grade. Two years ago, I finished up my Masters in Elementary Mathematics and Reading through the University of Walden. I married my husband in 2011, and we have a 20-month old son. We are expecting a girl in May 2016.<\/p>\n
One of the most valuable things that I learned at UMM was the vast difference between classrooms, even in a small community. Each teacher had their own way of doing similar content and management. I learned that classroom management will come to beginning teachers, especially if you are more willing to help out in the classroom.<\/p>\n
My advice to future teachers at UMM is to take advantage of your practicum experiences. Don\u2019t be afraid to join in and be active in the classroom. When you have a minimum of lessons to conduct in a classroom, do an extra one. Dress to impress and don\u2019t forget a lunch! Most importantly, if a lesson does not go well, be ready to reflect and do the lesson a second time.<\/p>\n
UMM started me off in my career of choice. It led me to my first professional job, and has continued to lead me to a lifetime career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This week\u2019s Alumni Spotlight shines on Caitlyn Roy of Jonesboro, originally from Madison, New Hampshire, who graduated from UMM in 2007 with a degree in elementary education. Caitlyn is now a fifth grade teacher at Jonesboro Elementary School. Tell us a little bit about what you are doing now: When I graduated UMM, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":431,"featured_media":11870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"academic-area":[],"umaine-feed":[882],"region":[],"class_list":["post-4085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-news","umaine-feed-edu-alum"],"yoast_head":"\n