Miss Katie Dhamer

 Elementary School Teacher

Elmhurst College
190 Prospect
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126

        My belief is that each student will come to me as a rough, unpolished precious stone.  Each one will be unique and special having it’s own facets that are starting to polish.  My task as a teacher is to help every child seize each of those facets, those strengths, and shine them even brighter.  My mission is also to ply the very rough spots and begin to groove out a beautiful facet there as well.

        I desire to transfer my knowledge through my heart to my students.  For my students to eventually have their hearts in their education is one of my goals.  I understand that I am and always will be a student learning everyday from not only my mentors and peers but also my students.  I plan on learning alongside with my students in the safe environment, which I strive to establish and make conducive to learning.  I also believe that mistakes should be recognized for their learning values.  Teaching to students’ needs and interests is also a conviction of mine.  I will encourage students to individually reach for their higher ground.  I will facilitate them along the way to make it possible.  Furthermore, I believe in respecting others and aim to teach my students how to live as responsible and compassionate members of society.

        What I find most exciting, however, is when in the classroom I truly feel that this is the place where I belong.
 

  Check out these very useful websites!

 
 
    Sites for Kids

 

KIDPROJ's Multicultural Calendar This is an interesting site that you can find out about different holidays and cultures from around the world.

Fun Brain Here you will find fun games to play and learn at the same time!

Yahooligans This is a wonderful serch engine to explore what the internet has to offer for you.

J.K.Rowling This is a website that I created about the author of, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone! J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter Official Website,  Here you can learn about characters and do activities with this fantastic series of novels!

Sites for Teachers and Parents

  

Reading Resources for Educators Professor Judy Fiene provides a a superb place to find websites for everything from literature to lesson plans.

Internet Resources for the Study of Children's Literature, Professor Susan Swords Steffen offeres an excellent, comprehensive literature website.

Resources for the Study of Harry Potter,

Lesson Planz.com ,

Kathy Schrock's Home Page,

J.K. Rowling Find out about the world famous author in an unauthorized webpage that I have created. J.K. Rowling

Other Preservice Teacher and Author Websites  This is a link to websites like this that were made by my peers. Peer Pages

 
 

  Thanks to the following sites for clipart:
Barry's Clipart
Clipart Connections

This page was updated on November 26th, 2002