教师重点:2021年10月

AH: 我在橡树园长大，就读于圣. 吉尔斯学校. I then went to esball世博 and Illinois Wesleyan University, w在这里 I earned my bachelor's degree in business administration and economics. I completed my master’s degree and teaching certification at National Louis University in Chicago, and I recently finished my Administrative Licensure at Concordia University in River Forest.

What did you do prior to becoming a teacher at Fenwick?

AH: 在esball世博做全职教师之前, I was completing my master’s degree at National Louis University, 芝加哥地区的代课教学, 在esball世博执教(足球和摔跤), 为esball世博驾驶校车. 

AH: 领导力:动荡时代 多丽丝·卡恩斯·古德温著 《esball世博》 理查德·塞勒和卡斯·桑斯坦著

AH: I enjoy spending time with my friends and family, especially my two children, Ryan (3) and Nora (1). I am a big sports fan (Bears, Cubs, Bulls, Blackhawks), and I enjoy staying active in my free time. 

AH: At Fenwick, I was a captain of the football team and a wrestler. 我也参加了NHS. At Illinois Wesleyan, I was also the captain of the football team. 

AH: At Fenwick, I am our 俱乐部及活动 Director as well as the Social Studies Department Chair. 

AH: A Fenwick student is able to balance grit and determination with a profound empathy for others. Fenwick students are known to accomplish a lot during their time 在这里, but the lifelong relationships that are formed in the halls of this place really start with the empathy students are able to show towards each other. 

When did you decide to become a teacher, and why did you choose this field?

AH: I had always wanted to be a teacher, but I originally envisioned that as a path later in life. After graduating during the 2008-09 financial crisis, I had a decision to make about whether to try to wait out a struggling labor market without great employment prospects, or to take action and pursue the opportunity to work with students. I chose the latter, and I have not regretted my decision in the slightest. I always knew I wanted to work in a highly engaged setting with like-minded and mission-driven individuals, and working at Fenwick has given me an opportunity to do just that. 

AH: I believe resilience in the face of the past two years has helped me to refocus my energies within the classroom on relationship building and the importance of creating a strong community to support student development. 

AH: Each class that I have had the pleasure to teach has had its own rewards, 挑战和鲜明的个性. I have enjoyed teaching different classes for different reasons. Freshmen classes are a great experience w在这里 I am able to introduce students to Fenwick as well as to each other. I then am able to see those students grow over the following three years, which is so much fun. Teaching upper-class students allows a higher level of intellectual engagement and connection to real-world topics, 这本身也是令人难以置信的回报. 

AH: The greatest success in teaching is finding ways to connect with students and to help foster student engagement in the classroom. 

AH: Students this year face a set of challenges that is unique to this moment. Students have not been together full time in classes for over a year, and all are working on finding the best way to manage full workloads both inside of the classroom and in their extracurricular activities. 随着我们这个学年的进步, 学生们正在应对学业上的挑战, 社会, emotionally and physically that they have not had to face in previous years. I think all at Fenwick are very aware that we need to respond to students on all of those fronts as we continue to help them grow as students and as people during their time 在这里.