Amanda Shipley. 

I am a wife, a mother and a teacher.  I started working in education as a teenager, where I worked in the local synagogue as a teacher’s aide.  I was given the opportunity to help teach Hebrew to students in third and fourth grade.  Then while in college, working towards my bachelors degree in Elementary Education I taught Sunday school at a community synagogue as well as I spent time teaching in a preschool, where I worked with many different ages.  After graduation I spent three years teaching Kindergarten before becoming a preschool administrator.  In addition to all of these experiences I have held positions of Assistant in Management, Program Assistant Director and Director in different preschools across the country.  While working with children is what I enjoy doing for my career, I also enjoy many other activities as well.  As a teacher it is always important to be creative; I express my creativeness through taking pictures of my family and scrapbooking those important moments in our lives.  I also enjoy spending time outside, hiking and playing with my children.  Overall, I spend my life surrounded by children and enjoy watching them grow and learn through daily experiences.
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