MY TEACHING EXPERIENCE This is my 34th year teaching. I am currently a online Reading Coach for the Cyber Academy of South Carolina. I was a Gifted Coordinator for a digital school called The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow(ECOT) and also worked with the special education department. I have taught science, English Language Arts, art history, social studies and English as a second language in Australia to an influx of immigrants in 1990.
MY TEACHING STYLE I am a highly motivated and animated character in the classroom. I love to make kids laugh while learning content and have been known to write songs and raps to learn things that would be otherwise monotonous.
HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT
Communication Committee Chair for The Reading League, South Carolina
Webmaster-The Reading League, South Carolina
Honored as "The Parent Whisperer" in 2023-It was written of me "Mrs. Massey can take a parent who is angry and make them a parent who is an advocate!"
National Board Teacher Certification AYA/ELA November 2008
Cyber Academy of South Carolina February 2022 Employee of the Month
National Board Teacher Renewal Certification AYA/ELA October 2017
National Board Teacher Certification AYA/ELA November 2008
Teacher of the Year at Forestbrook Middle School 2008-2009
Teacher Power Award Website Creation 2010
Named in the book "The Kids that ECOT Taught" as one of the first digital teaching pioneers in the U.S.A. 2002
MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
Master's Degree in Gifted Education
BS in Middle Grade Education Science and English and Communications from Kentucky Christian University
Presently working on a Masters Degree in Educational Technology
Read to Succeed Certified in Middle and High Schools 3-14-18
Reading Coach Certification completed in 2022
National Board Teacher Certification AYA/ELA November 2008
National Board Teacher Certification AYA/ELA November Renewed 2018