All About ME
Hello Parents, Families, & K Friends!
Welcome to our class! My name is Monica Richards. I am native to East TN
Meet my family:
Husband - Randy Richards
3 children/Hunter, Colton, Alston
3 dogs, 8 horses, and a donkey
I like:
The outdoors - beach/ocean,
athletic activities, especially soccer & baseball
riding horses, hunting & fishing...
antiques
Favorite animals:
horses & wolves
Places I want to go:
Montana,Wyoming, Alaska, Hawaii
Fiji
Australia
New Zealand
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
2020-present / Aspen University Ed.D/K-12 Educational Leadership
Teaching 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/NGHS
Speech Therapy
2019-2020
Baileyton/NGHS
Speech Therapy
2020-2021
Baileyton
1st grade / GOAL (Greene Online Academy of Learning)
2021-present
Baileyton
Kindergarten
Additional work experience:
Popcorn video - sales associate / store mgr
Caddell Construction - administrative assistant
Hampton Inn - general manager
Goals for the Classroom:
Consist of helping your child develop their academic and life skills, 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 as a student, and also to grow as an educator.
Sincerely,
Monica Richards
BES - K