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Years teaching at St. Martin’s: 8 (Bohr) and 27 (Cielewich)
Currently teaching: Pre-Kindergarten (co-teaching)
Proudest teaching moments: “When I was teaching high school and a former student came back to visit after graduation and told me that I was the reason she had not dropped out of school. She had taken year 1 and 2 of the Early Childhood Development completer courses with me. She wrote me years later to tell me that she had named her little girl after me. I cried. I had no idea that I had made such an impact on her!”—Bohr
brbr“Working in Pre-K there are so many proud moments. Every day, a child completes a skill that they have been working on for so long. To see a child’s face light up, saying ‘I did it!’ makes me as proud as they are.” —Cielewich
Teaching philosophy: “We can all learn and we all learn in different ways. I love the philosophy the faculty and staff collaborated on and came up with for our school: ‘We seek to inspire in students a love of inquiry, a sustaining faith, and a generous spirit open to new ideas, peoples of the world, and a call of service.’”—Bohr
brbr“Children learn best in a center based, hands on, age appropriate environment and in a place where children feel safe, valued, and loved.”—Cielewich
Toughest challenge facing educators: “Meeting all the needs of the children. I am so fortunate to be co-teaching with someone and sharing in this responsibility (especially since the children in my care are so young.) As a team we try to meet these challenges by continuous assessment (in a fun way for the children), observations, and frequent, informative communication with parents.”—Bohr
brbr“To stay current. We have to keep changing it up and stay one step ahead. Four- and five-year-olds are much more sophisticated today. They have as many of the same tools at their fingertips as we teachers.” —Cielewich
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St. Martin’s-in-the-Field Episcopal School, Severna Park
Years teaching at St. Martin’s: 8 (Bohr) and 27 (Cielewich)
Currently teaching: Pre-Kindergarten (co-teaching)
Proudest teaching moments: “When I was teaching high school and a former student came back to visit after graduation and told me that I was the reason she had not dropped out of school. She had taken year 1 and 2 of the Early Childhood Development completer courses with me. She wrote me years later to tell me that she had named her little girl after me. I cried. I had no idea that I had made such an impact on her!”—Bohr
brbr“Working in Pre-K there are so many proud moments. Every day, a child completes a skill that they have been working on for so long. To see a child’s face light up, saying ‘I did it!’ makes me as proud as they are.” —Cielewich
Teaching philosophy: “We can all learn and we all learn in different ways. I love the philosophy the faculty and staff collaborated on and came up with for our school: ‘We seek to inspire in students a love of inquiry, a sustaining faith, and a generous spirit open to new ideas, peoples of the world, and a call of service.’”—Bohr
brbr“Children learn best in a center based, hands on, age appropriate environment and in a place where children feel safe, valued, and loved.”—Cielewich
Toughest challenge facing educators: “Meeting all the needs of the children. I am so fortunate to be co-teaching with someone and sharing in this responsibility (especially since the children in my care are so young.) As a team we try to meet these challenges by continuous assessment (in a fun way for the children), observations, and frequent, informative communication with parents.”—Bohr
brbr“To stay current. We have to keep changing it up and stay one step ahead. Four- and five-year-olds are much more sophisticated today. They have as many of the same tools at their fingertips as we teachers.” —Cielewich
