Personable,
perky and passionate about teaching; “I knew I wanted to be teacher
since the fourth grade,” said Jessica French-Scheffield who was
recently hired as the Baptist Temple Early Learning Center's
Curriculum Coordinator. She wants to teach young children the tools
they will need to succeed in school and society.
She
discovered her love for teaching when she helped a fellow fourth
grader correctly pronounce “photosynthesis.” It gave her a sense
of accomplishment she still feels when helping someone learn.
She was
impressed by Baptist Temple's impact on the community, particularly
the inclusive playground, and is eager to be a part of our family of
organizations that are bringing needed services to an under-resourced
area. Our impact will be magnified as she helps us achieve Texas
Rising Star (TSR) certification. A TSR school goes beyond minimum
standards to provide a higher quality of teaching that goes well
beyond babysitting. There are only two such early learning centers in
our zip code.
Her
first challenges are to be fully staffed with teachers trained in
lesson planning and to make make lesson planning resources readily
available. She, also, want to digitize the office and reduce the
amount of paper that needs to be tracked.
Jessica
graduated from Texas State and seeks to excel at everything she
undertakes, which led to her earning a black belt in the Korean
martial art form, Kuk Sool Won. She is equal parts computer savvy,
success driven and people person; a combination that will lead us to
better meeting the needs of our community.
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