Background


 * Mrs. Lesnau's E-Portfolio ~ Kaelah L. Lesnau BACKGROUND **

Hello! As you already know, my name is Kaelah Lesnau. I am currently a 4th grade teacher at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Plymouth, Michigan. This is my fourth year of teaching, third year teaching 4th grade. At my school I have participated on many different committees that have helped myself as an educator as well as helped my school become a better learning community. Since being at my school I have developed our Student Council, helped my school become a certified Michigan Green School, and have also created a Teacher Social Club where I coordinate monthly events for the teachers to attend so that we can get to know each other outside of school.

I currently have my Bachelor's Degree in English, Language, and Literature as well as Elementary Education; both received from Grand Valley State University. I am currently in pursuit of my Master's Degree in Teaching and Learning at Madonna University, which I will obtain in the Fall of 2009.

SCHOOL and STUDENT POPULATION As mentioned before I teach at Our Lady of Good Counsel, a small private school in Plymouth, MI that hosts K-8 students. In a typical year we have anywhere between 600-630 students. In my personal 4th grade classroom, I have 36 students in my classroom.  TECHNOLOGY ENVIORNMENT It was not until recently that my school began updating the technology that we have available to us. In my current classroom I have one laptop for my personal use as well as one desktop for my students to have access to. Last year I was one of the fortunate teachers to have been given an interactive whiteboard! This past year we have purchased a subscribtion to UnitedStreaming as well as BrainPOP! I also have the basic vcr/dvd player so that I can display movies onto my whiteboard. Our school does have a computer lab which has 25 desktop computers where the students have computer classes once a week.