About my portfolio
Welcome to the online portfolio of Madelyn Maxbauer!
I hope you will take the time to explore the pages of my portfolio to learn more about my experiences as a student and educator. As you explore, you will find information about my teaching experience, with highlighted lessons and unit plans I have developed, my educational coursework, resume, teaching philosophy, and contact information. Within my portfolio, you will also find several academic and personal documents that represent myself as a writer, student, and educator.
Madelyn Maxbauer: About me
I am originally from Traverse City, MI and I studied English and Education with a minor in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at Michigan State University . I completed my 6-12 certification and my first year of graduate school in May of 2013. I completed my Master of Arts in Education degree at Michigan State (MAED) in the summer of 2016, and my most recent teaching position was as a 9th and 10th grade English teacher at South Lyon High School, in southeast Michigan.
In my free time, I try to get back up to Traverse City and visit family as much as I can. I love spending time out on the water: swimming, boating, paddle boarding, and canoeing. I also enjoy biking around the many trails in northern Michigan and running; I have participated in many 5K and 10K races and am currently training for my 5th half marathon. When I can, I try to travel as often as I can; in the last few years, I have traveled with my husband to Italy, Ireland, and England. I also enjoy going to concerts with my sister, playing with my cat, Minnie and reading.
In my own teaching, I hope to continue to provide many different opportunities, styles, formats and mediums for all students to shine and become interested. I stand behind the belief that the learning environment should be a place that is safe but also a place where everyone is free to show their individuality. I feel that experimenting, and becoming educated in new material is the best way to learn, so in turn, I work to structure the lessons and curriculum that I plan so as to provide as many choices and alternatives as possible in what and how the students learn and create.
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