Kyra Gallego

Greetings, my name is Kyra Gallego I am a student from Brentwood, California and I graduated from Chapman University in spring 2020 with a Bachelor’s degree in English Rhetoric and a Minor in Integrated Educational Studies. With my degree, I hope to pursue a career in higher education as a high school English teacher and later a college education professor. Currently, I'm completing Chapman University's 4+1 program for a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction where I will receive my Bachelor’s, Masters, and teaching credentials in 5 years. As of now, I'm completing a year long residency as a student teacher at an Orange Continuation school. This program allows students to save money and time to quickly get into their fields of interest.

My teaching philosophy is to value experiences over learning hard facts at the expense of understanding what is being taught. I want my students to understand they are worth more than just a grade on the paper or their score on an exam. Exploring the goals of learning is of more value than rote memorization. The process of learning by doing is at the heart of this style of teaching by taking advantage of hands-on projects. I want them to understand that knowledge is more than just hard facts from textbooks, but through experiences that can be taught in their own communities.

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