About
Mrs. Hunt
I have lived in Fairhaven all my life. I attended Rogers School, Hastings
Middle School and graduated from Fairhaven High School in 1992.
I
graduated from Emerson College in 1997 with a degree in Communication Disorders.
I then went on to work in the Fairhaven Public Schools as the Speech
Therapy Assistant. I received my teacher’s certification from Bridgewater
State College in 2001 and worked as a Title I teacher at Oxford School in
Fairhaven. While working as a Title
I teacher I received my Master’s degree in Education with a concentration in
Literacy from Lesley University in 2003. I
became one of the third grade teachers at Leroy L. Wood School in 2003.
I was married in August of 1999 to Tim, a Massachusetts State Trooper . I have two children, my son Brody, born in November 2001 and Hadley, my daughter, born in December 2003. We love to camp and hike in the summer and snowboard in the winter. I enjoy being with my family and doing things with them.
I always stride to provide an exciting and safe learning environment for my students. Listed below is my philosophy on education and what I believe to be the the rights of my students.
All children have the ability to learn and succeed
Children have the right to a risk free learning
environment
Creating a classroom community
Collaboration between students, parents, and school
personnel
Consistency in classroom management, structured rules
and routines
Multiple instructional strategies to meet the needs of
diverse learners (learning theories, cooperative grouping etc…)
Activating
prior knowledge, building upon life experiences
Student centered lessons and classroom
Sensitive to diverse learning styles and cultures
Multiple, ongoing authentic assessments (rubrics, checklists, journals, portfolios….)
Maintain high expectations and support for students,
enabling them to meet high standards set by the state.
Discipline strategies to help resistant students-
positive reinforcement of good behavior, parental involvement