User:Janinec

=My Profile= My name is Janine Cotton.
 * I live on a farm with my family, about 20 minutes drive from Dunedin,Otago. I have 3 boys, two attend Primary School and the youngest chap is 4 years old.

I teach 2 days a week at nearby Warrington School.

Professional Background
My began my teaching career as an Early Childhood Teacher in Dunedin. I taught at a Privately owned Preschool for 4 years. After moving to a rural area I supervised at the local Playcentre and worked as an Early Childhood Educator for Central Otago REAP (Rural Education and Activities Programme)In this role, I supported local playgroups, visited families at home with activities for their children and information about Early Childhood groups they could access. During this time I completed my training as a Primary Teacher. My first job was teaching in a Year 7-8 class. My second year of Primary teaching was in a Year 2 class. I have continued to work between having each of our children.These roles have been in a part time capacity - One year as a Release Teacher in a Year 3 class - 0.6 position in a Year 3 class for 18 months - one year stint relieving regularly in a Montessori 3-6 year old classroom - the last 18 months I have been in a 0.4 position,job sharing a fabulous composite class of year 2-5 children.

Education

My Qualifications:
 * Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
 * Bachelor of Education
 * Diploma of Teaching (Primary)
 * ATCL (Speech and Drama)

My Interests

''I enjoy doing things with my family. My children play sport, which fills in most Saturday mornings. We like to go to one of our several nearby beaches to run, walk and throw balls around. We work together in the garden and on the farm. I play social tennis mid week during the summer. ''

Professional
My Curriculum areas of responsibility include
 * 1) Health
 * 2) Social Studies

My Projects

 * To learn to use wikieducator, so that I can add information to our school wiki site, such as my..


 * Planning
 * Updates to my curriculum areas of responsibility

My Sandbox
/My sandbox/

I have been learning to add an image that already exists on the wiki...it worked!

Now I will try to add an image from my computer...here goes