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Wednesday May 15, 2019
045 -- Marisa Thompson on Student Driven Inquiry
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Marisa Thompson is an educator living and working in Southern California and considers herself the luckiest person. She has a family she adores, friends who are family, and a life of variety, fun, and joy.
Marisa has an M.A. in Teacher Education and more than a dozen years of classroom experience teaching various levels of English including AP, Honors, College Prep, Remedial English, and Transitional English for English Learners. As a member of her district's Modern Learning Spaces, OER, Digital Portfolios, and ELA vertical teams, she helps assess success and develop curriculum and environmental goals for the secondary level as well as K-12. She is also an online instructor for the University of San Diego, a designated cooperating teacher for a CSU credential program, and a guest collaborator for a credential program at a private university.
Besides teaching, Marisa has worked as a coach and club advisor, and has traveled with students on educational trips to Greece, Turkey, Peru, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Traveling internationally since she was nine, she's been fortunate enough to visit more than twenty countries and nearly every continent.
She believes in the power of education, the transformative effects of travel, and the joy the unexpected can bring. Her children and students prove to her each day we can be optimistic about our future and she is grateful to be a part of their lives.
Follow Marisa @MarisaEThompson
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