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Tina enjoys being a part of a school community that fits her educational philosophy perfectly, is located in a beautiful mountain setting that does get snow, and is just a few hours away from her two daughters and their families in Richmond, VA and Huntsville, AL. She has more than 25 years experience as a fully certified public school teacher in schools large and small. She holds NC teaching certification in Elementary Education, and has since her arrival in 2014. Prior to coming to TRCS, Tina taught pre-school, kindergarten, transitional first grade, first grade, and second grade in Wyoming, Colorado, and Hawaii. She also earned her Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from UW, with a focus on early reading instruction. Tina earned her Bachelor's degree in Elementary education from the University of Wyoming, with concentrations in Early Childhood, Music, and English. Tempted by the thought of big city life, they moved their little family to Laramie, Wyoming where they added another daughter, went to college, and became teachers. Her family eventually settled in beautiful North Park, Colorado, where she married her high school sweetheart and started a family. She was born in Newport, Rhode Island, and grew up in small and large communities throughout California, Nevada, Washington, Wyoming and Colorado. She loves the ocean (especially in Vieques, Puerto Rico where her family is from) and loves the color yellow because it reminds her that the sun is always shining somewhere. She enjoys leading worship, singing in the Praise and Worship band and helping serve needs in the community. Vicki is a member and Elder of Boone First Presbyterian Church. They have four daughters, four sons-in-law, seven amazing grandchildren and a granddog named Jack. Vicki loves her family! She and her husband, Steven, have been married 36 years. in Elementary Education from Columbia College in South Carolina and has worked the past 25 years with children in diverse settings to include teaching ChildrenвЂ™s Choir, Melodee Bells and Sunday School, teaching English Language Learners as a tutor at her church, teaching at a Jewish Day school, as a teacher at Harmony School in Columbia South Carolina, a nanny, as a teaching assistant in summer school, translator, Dedicated Aide (Shadow) & Paraprofessional in Department of Defense Schools.

She is also the early morning care provider. She is the founding Kindergarten teacher at Two Rivers which means she has been the only Kindergarten teacher since the schoolвЂ™s beginning in 2005. Vicki had the calling to be a teacher since she was in fourth grade. Her first language was Spanish and learned English when she began elementary school. She enjoys photography, scrapbooking, cooking and watching sappy movies that make her cry. When not teaching, grading or planning lessons Natalie likes to spend time with her husband and daughter. In 2006, she made a radical change and became a teaching assistant at TRCS and hasnвЂ™t looked back once! For years, close friends had told her that she should teach young children.

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During all of those years Natalie knew that she wasnвЂ™t in the вЂњrightвЂќ place but didnвЂ™t quite know how to make a change.

in Cognitive Psychology with a minor in Developmental Psychology and went on to teach adjunct at ASU for 13 years. Natalie wanted to understand the processes behind reading, so she studied cognitive psychology as an undergraduate and in graduate school. She became interested in reading early on because she was an avid reader but her younger brother struggled with reading. Natalie found her passion when she started teaching 4th grade at TRCS years ago (she switched to 5th grade last year).

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