All About ME
Hello Parents, Families, & K-4th Friends!
Welcome to our class! I'm Monica Richards, a native of East TN.
My family:
Husband (28 years) - Randy Richards
3 boys! - Hunter/23, Colton/20, Alston/16
1 daughter in law! - Haley Richards (Hunter's wife)
Extended family includes - 4 dogs, 10 horses, 3 ponies, & a donkey
Things I enjoy:
Being outdoors
Athletic activities; especially soccer & baseball
I love to ride horses, hunt, & fish...
Going to the beach/ocean
Antiques
Candles
Favorite animals:
Horses & Wolves
Places I would like to see:
Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, Hawaii
Fiji, Australia, New Zealand
Greece, Italy, Croatia...
- I would like to run out of pages in my passport!
Education:
Dobyns-Bennett High School
Tusculum College BA / Business Management
2003-2005/ Milligan College / MEd. - Education w/Early Childhood concentration
2011-2012 / Lincoln Memorial University / Ed.S - Supervision and Administration
2018-2019 / ETSU / minor communication disorders (speech & hearing)
2020-2024 / Aspen University / Ed.D - K-12 Educational Leadership
Educator Experience:
2004-2005
Woodland Elementary
K-2 multiage, 1sr grade, 3rd grade
2006-2010
Doak
Kindergarten
2010-2012
West Pines
1st grade
2012-2013
Ottway
2nd grade
2013-2018
West Pines
1st grade
1st & K math
Kindergarten
2018-2019
West Pines/Baileyton/North Greene HS
Speech Therapy
2019-2020
Baileyton/NGHS
Speech Therapy
2020-2021
Baileyton
1st grade / GOAL (Greene Online Academy of Learning) - virtual school
2021-2024
Baileyton
Kindergarten
2024-present
Baileyton
Enrich w/Art & Music
Additional experience:
Popcorn Video - sales associate & store mgr.
Caddell Construction - administrative assistant
(during construction of new Federal Courthouse)
Hampton Inn - general manager
GHS - girls soccer coach
Goals for the Classroom:
Consist of helping your child develop their academic and life skills by learning to Create, Connect, Present, and Respond using art & music. I want to help them learn to use and follow the guidelines of our system-wide Character Counts program, follow our school and classroom rules (by expecting their personal best), help your child grow to the best of their ability as a student, and also to grow as an educator.
Sincerely,
Monica Richards
BES - Enrich A&M
