New Teacher Profile - Vanessa Dinderman

Vanessa attended Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa and graduated in May. This is her first teaching job and she feels very blessed and enthusiastic that she is at Freeport Middle School. Vanessa teaches a math class, has two learning centers, and her advisory class. She pushes in to math and English classes as well. She also coaches the freshman volleyball team at Freeport High School.

Vanessa uses math stations in her classroom. She executed these math stations for the operations of decimals a few weeks ago. She feels that using stations is a great way to a help develop independence and self-management skills for her students.

Vanessa plays all kinds of sports such as volleyball, basketball, and softball. She enjoys spending time with her brothers and sisters and her crazy 17 nieces and nephews. Her favorite food is tacos or Manny’s pizza. She mostly listens to country music and watches funny movies and TV shows.

 

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Bryant Moore teaches 5^th grade Social Studies and coaches the 8^th grade girls’ basketball team. He is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and completed his graduate work through National Louis University. Prior to teaching at FMS, Bryant taught at the Galapagos Charter School in Rockford, IL. He shared that the following strategies engage students in his classroom; working in groups, acting out events in history and center based instruction.

Bryant shared some fun facts about himself. His favorite food is eggplant parmesan. He enjoys listening to R & B music.  Usher, R. Kelly, and Mariah Carey are a few of the current artists he listens to. He also enjoys listening to more “old school” musicians like Keith Sweat, New Edition, Prince, Michael Jackson, The Temptations, Jackson 5, James Brown and Al Green. Bryant likes kicking back and watching “The Walking Dead”, “Game of Thrones”, and “Family Guy”. He also enjoys watching movies especially comedy and action movies, but tear jerkers like “The Notebook” and “Titanic” expose his sentimental side.

Something that Bryant would like everyone to know about him is he studied abroad in Malaysia. He is married, has two daughters and has three siblings.