Matthew Smith
Southwest Missouri
Education:
Basic K-12 education, homeschooled [First of graduating class]
B.S. Elementary Education, Missouri Southern State University [graduating GPA 3.9]
M.S. Library Science and Information Technology [In progress]
Occupations:
School interpreter, Carterville elementary [2 years, school day spent interpreting classroom instruction for student]
Substitute teacher, three districts [1/2 year, accepted assignments to all grades and duties]
Paraprofessional, half-day [2 years, assigned to assist in elementary classrooms with +30 students]
Grocery store checker, Price Cutters [summer occupation, offers opportunity to frequently interact with parents of students and other community members]
Current occupation: continued paraprofessional, half-day [assigned to herd kindergartners]
Education-related hobbies/parentheticals
Reading [all genres with few exceptions in fiction or non-fiction]
Exercise [used to maintain basic fitness and sanity]
Various tinkering/baking projects [creative outlet and means of modeling life-long learning for students]