Mrs. Renz's Teacher Page
Special Education & Community Living Skills
by Gale Renz
September 14, 2011
Links to My Other Pages: Community Living Block Syllabus Daily Schedule 2011-2012 Classroom Rules & Expectations Mrs. Renz's Favorite Inspirational Quotes Resources for Parents & Students Student Goals for Community Living Program Welcome to 2011-2012 School Year!
My name is Gale Renz and I am one of the teachers at Missouri Valley High School who will be working with your child this year. I would like to take this opportunity to let you know how happy I am to have your child in my class. I teach Life Skills English, Basic Science and Community Living where we will learn about career preparation, social skills and daily living skills.
We will focus on developing problem-solving and decision-making skills in all of my classes, as those are skills necessary for success throughout our lives. We will all work together to achieve our goals and hope to have a lot of fun in the process! We all learn better when we enjoy the learning process. My goals for this year are to create a warm, secure and inviting learning environment and to excite a love of learning in my students. The students will have opportunities for input about our class goals and activities, as well as responsibilities within the classroom community. My best efforts will be made to help meet their needs. If you have specific educational goals and/or concerns regarding your child, I would appreciate your sharing them with me. Together we can insure that your child has the opportunities needed to help develop his/her full potential. Each school district has its own mission statement, so as a teacher I decided that it would help me to focus on what I really want to accomplish in the classroom if I developed my own mission statement. I would like to share it with you and welcome any comments and/or suggestions that will enable me to better serve your child in my classroom. My Mission Statement: My mission is to find, in each child, those strengths and gifts that make them each unique. I will nurture these traits through loving and caring for each child. I will do my best each day to provide each child with opportunities to make good choices as they grow and develop their gifts. By helping each child to recognize and own their gifts, I will to encourage them accept responsibility for using those gifts to make the world a better place for themselves and others to live. I will facilitate this through consistent, positive reinforcement of my belief in their ability to be and do anything they so choose in this life. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your child's progress, please contact me at (712) 642-4149 during school hours or at home at (712) 647-2973 (home) or (712) 592-2116 (cell) outside of school hours up until 9 PM in the evening. I will look forward to meeting you throughout the year and welcome your involvement and input regarding your child's educational needs. Respectfully, Gale Renz, Special Education & Community Living Teacher Education Course of Studies: Secondary Education/ Majors in Special Education & Communications Degree: Bachelor of Science in Education/Summa Cum Laude University Of Nebraska @ Omaha Education/Integrating Technology into the Curriculum Degree: Master of Science/Summa Cum Laude Walden University
Biographical Information I raise Great Danes for a hobby along with my husband, John! We have puppies placed in 43 states and several countries outside the US. We have made friends all over the country through our Dynamite Danes over the last nineteen years. John & I have been married for 36 years this January and share a daughter, Jamie (33) and a son, Brandon (30). Brandon is a legislative director for Congresswoman Virginia Foxx(R) of North Carolina. He lives and works in Washington DC. Our daughter, Jamie, is married to Tim Lapke and lives in Logan. She currently is a substitute teacher in Boyer Valley in Dunlap, Logan Community Schools and Missouri Valley Elementary School. The Lapke family also raises performance Quarter Horses and that is a love that Jamie shares with Tim. John works as a sales manager for Bakko Brothers Haybuster and raises Terantaise cattle as his hobby.
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