1. Introduction Summer Mullen EDU673: Instruct. Strat. For Differentiated teach & learn Instructor: Kathleen Schoenecker June 23, 2015

2. Hello my name is Summer and I am a 37 year old mother of 6, grandmother of 2, and wife to a wonderful husband. I am a Christine who is looking to grow spiritually.

3. My personal story I live in San Diego, born and raised here and yes I am a die hard Charger fan. I am married to my childhood crush we met when he was 9 and I was 11. We have 6 children. 5 boys and 1 girl. The girl being the oldest. They are 20,19,19,17,15 and 13. One of my 19 yr olds,is also a Marine. I also have 2 grandchildren they are 1 and 2 yrs. I am a very loving and giving person who is also open minded. I love helping those in need. I am a Quality Control Coordinator for a Market Research company. I am a dog breeder I love pit bulls. I have 2 pit bulls, Black & Kali and a yorkie, Hercules. I have been writing poems since the 7th grade and hope to publish my own poem book one day. My emotions pour out in my poems. I have won a few poetry contest

4. Personal story cont….. My mother who will be 76 this year is my hero. I hope to accomplish my dreams and be as strong of a woman as she is. I am looking to obtain my Masters in Education to go on and become a youth counselor and open my own youth center in my community. I want to be in the position to help our youth, those that are having trouble as well as those that are not. I would like to provide a place where they can come and feel safe, have fun, get help, get guidance and have resources. Our youth are the future……….

5. My Education I went through public and private school throughout K-12 th grade. I begin Ashford University in 2011 and obtained my AA degree in Business in 2013. I decided to continue my education and begin my Bachelor degree program a week after graduating and obtained my BA degree in Sociology in February 2015 and here I am again continuing my education looking to obtain my MAED and expected to graduate August 2016.

6. My favorite teacher My favorite teacher would be my 5 th grade teacher Mrs Davis. She was a teacher that went above and beyond. She would stay after school and tutor the students that didn’t understand a subject. She also made learning fun. I cant really remember any teachers that were my least favorite.

7. My favorite food If I could only eat one food, for the rest of my life at dinner time it would have to be my homemade fried chicken.

8. My interest and hobbies…. I love spending time with my family when I am not at work or doing school work. Together we watch movies, visit theme parks, bar-b-que, attend Charger games, etc. I have recently started fulfilling my bucket-list. I have been horse back riding and next on my list is sky diving.

9. Family is very important to me