Gretchen Ripple

State:

Pennsylvania

Year started with PLS:

2004

PLS courses I teach:

• Brain-Based Ways We Think and Learn™
• Building Communication and Teamwork in the Classroom™
• Classroom Management: Orchestrating a Community of Learners™
• Differentiated Instruction for Today's Classroom™
• Purposeful Learning Through Multiple Intelligences®
• Reading to Learn: Beginning Reading Instruction™
• Successful Teaching for Acceptance of Responsibility®
• Designing Motivation for All Learners®

Education:

• BS in Secondary Ed., Social Studies - Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Minors in History & Psychology
• Elementary Education Certification – John Carroll University
• MS in Education, Classroom Technology - Wilkes University
• MS in Education, Development & Strategies – Wilkes University

Teaching Experience:

• Grades 5 & 6
• US History
• PA History
• Civics
• AP Psychology
• World Cultures
• and currently Computer Applications grades 7/8

Related experience, recognition, awards, etc.:

• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2006
• Presenter at Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference, 2004, 2005, & 2006
• Technology Workshop for Eastern Lancaster County School District, 2002-2006

Why I love teaching PLS courses:

When you complete a PLS course you go back to the classroom armed with new strategies and refreshed as a teacher. I love that feeling and I love sharing that excitement with others.

What I love most about teaching:

“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge” - Albert Einstein

Personal information:

I love to travel, experience new cultures and meeting new people. Having lived in England, Germany and South Korea my passion for traveling is strong.